Trivia

Fri., Jan. 31, 1997

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

If you want to walk enough to match the lifetime average of all others better get started you’ll have to walk the equivalent of three times around the world.

Scientists now know an unfrozen lake as big as Lake Ontario - over more than 5,000 square miles - is under Antarctica’s ice cap.

Algeria’s work week runs from Saturday through Wednesday.

Most medieval peasants smelled like wood smoke.

Q. Statistics show more brunettes get higher salaries. So isn’t a business prejudice against blondes and redheads obvious?

A. Not at all, says our statistics authority. Brunettes greatly outnumber blondes and redheads, says he. So faulty analyses might conclude brunettes get both higher and lower salaries than blondes and redheads.

Report is that various drugstores stock approximately 2,800 medications to treat the common cold.

Midwives in ancient Greece put new mothers in special birthing chairs to keep them upright when delivering their babies. This vertical delivery continued until the 18th century, when doctors took over from midwives. Lately some doctors say they’ve learned that that delivery position is easier for the mothers.

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