Trivia

Publishers know that science fiction readers are better educated than book buyers generally.

Diameter of a plain spread parachute is 24 feet.

The Defense Department uses 65 percent of all the paper bought by the federal government, according to the Army Times.

When a young couple buys twin beds, it is almost invariably the woman who makes the choice. When a middle-age couple buys twin beds, it’s usually the man who so decides. When a retired couple buys twin beds, it’s the woman again who elects to do so. That’s the claim of a lifelong bed salesman.

Q. Do prison inmates read pretty much the same sort of books we do?

A. Pretty much. With a little more emphasis on law and psychology.

Earliest known advocate of the fiber diet was none other than Hippocrates, also known as the father of medicine. He urged his compatriots to bake their bread with bran for its “salutary effect on the bowels.”

In any animal, the greater the distance between the heart and the brain, the higher the blood pressure. Giraffes have exceedingly high blood pressure. Hasn’t killed them off, has it?