Trivia

Sat., March 8, 1997

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Most marriages get happier after 30 years. Not happier than the honeymoons. But almost. That finding has turned up repeatedly in Love and War research. So has the explanation: The offspring aren’t living at home anymore and more money is coming in.

Researchers now say 69 percent of the people eat their cake before they eat the frosting. Same researchers, these, who reported that two out of five women have thrown shoes at men.

The tomato is a closer cousin to the potato than is the sweet potato.

The sloth both conceives and delivers while hanging upside down.

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