Trivia

World’s largest true lake is said to be the somewhat salty Caspian Sea.

Q. Where and when was the first all-jet air combat?

A. Over Korea on Nov. 8, 1950. It dragged on for 30 seconds.

Q. Why does thunder rumble?

A. Crack of the lightning bolt occurs not in one place only but over a long path. So its sound waves arrive at different times. To that, add minor echoing.

Alaskans claim that their sunrises are more beautiful than those elsewhere in the states. Maybe so. They’re around longer to be seen longer. Takes much more time for dawn to develop in Anchorage than it takes in, say, Los Angeles.

The husband is boss, in some matters. Otherwise, the wife is boss. Each has the last word in an area of expertise, but the wife’s area of authority is much larger, usually. Neither lets the other take full charge. That, evidently, describes the happiest marital condition. Our Love and War man says surveys repeatedly show that between 80 and 90 percent of the couples living in this format say they like it.

Born blind, baby mink can’t see for a month.