Trivia

Q. My almanac says the major cause of death in Papua, New Guinea is “trees.” I don’t get it …?

A. A human body falling from atop a 90-foot palm tree hits the earth with a fatal force of 2,000 pounds.

Q. Where’s the “Bayeux Tapestry” kept?

A In the William the Conqueror Center in Bayeux, France. That embroidered depiction of the Norman conquest of England in 1066, even with a piece of it missing, displays 73 scenes on a panel 230 feet long.

A woman writes: “When I used ‘Venus’ as my CB handle years ago, I thought I was like the love goddess. Now it’s my e-mail nickname, and I know I’m like the planet. Venus spins clockwise on its axis while all the other planets spin counter-clockwise.”

In Japan six of every seven square miles is mountainous.

It’s now known that the vampire bat - please, close the window - will dine on the same warm-blooded creature tonight as last night, and tomorrow night, too, if said creature hasn’t gotten any smarter by then.

“Copenhagen” means “Merchants’ Harbor.”

The doorway in each traditional Navajo dwelling - a mud-covered log hut called a hogan - faces the east.