Trivia

Our Love and War man notes this observation from one matrimonial counselor: “The first danger sign in a troubled marriage turns up when the wife shows disinterest in anything her husband has to say.”

There is no age bracket in which the men’s clothing bills on average are higher than the women’s.

Do your eyes get warmer when you go to bed at night? Medical researchers say a person’s eyes and the area around them warm up by as much as 3 degrees F just before said retiree falls asleep, then cools in sleep to normal again.

Rodeo experts say almost all bull riders are short.

Ain’t easy being a Siberian well digger. Some permafrost runs a mile deep.

That Red Sea fish called the Moses sole is sharkproof. It squirts poison from 240 glands at any oncoming shark, thus to turn the beast away. It works. On so learning, scientists started milking the fish to concoct the first guaranteed shark repellant, but they’ve not yet claimed success.

Argument continues over why most men stopped wearing hats. Quote a lifelong hat salesman: “Blame cars built after World War II. When auto makers kept lowering car roofs, men started to leave their hats home.”