Trivia

Q. In what movies were John Wayne’s first and last appearances?

A. “The Drop Kick,” 1927. “The Shootist,” 1976.

Q. What makes my leg go to sleep?

A. Pressure on a nerve. It interrupts your system of signals. “Neurapraxia” is one word for that sensation.

Tides of Tahiti vary less than a foot. Laboratory scientists hereabouts are discovering, naming and cataloging approximately 40 new minerals every year. Remarkable, is it not, how much we don’t know about what’s right under our feet?