Trivia

“Reservation No. 1 of the National Capital Parks” is the U.S. Department of Interior’s language for The White House.

Among unmarried people in their 20s, men outnumber women. Beyond age 40, though, unmarried women start to outnumber men. Our Love and War man is analyzing one proffered explanation - that the death rate runs higher among younger men even while aging women tend to become ever more discriminating in picking partners.

Not even your tongue has more pressure-sensitive nerve endings per square inch than the soles of your feet.

Q. How do paleontologists know Neanderthal man used toothpicks?

A. Grooves in teeth.

Ten is not the highest number on the Richter scale. Theoretically, there’s no upper limit.

When entering an elevator, some people quickly glance at everybody therein, and some quite intentionally don’t look at anybody. These two types do not understand each other. The glancers think the don’t-lookers are sullen. The don’t-lookers think the glancers are brazen. Hostility simmers. It’s a wonder we don’t see vertical road rage.