Trivia

Q. How much of the earth’s surface never gets any snowfall at all?

A. About 35 percent, according to the meteorologists.

Q. Wasn’t the basketball “dunk” illegal once?

A. For eight years. And not that long ago. From 1969 to 1976.

A well-mated female bear may carry her fertilized eggs into hibernation, but if she hasn’t eaten enough to store sufficient fat, she’ll not give birth in that den. No grub for the cub. Sorry.

Between 1991 and 1995, nearly 13,000 immigrants from 123 countries moved into New York’s Elmhurst area in the borough of Queens. Into no other zip code have more people from more countries congregated so swiftly.

Am told hardly any animal will eat a real sponge.

Q. Why’s a knapsack called a “kit bag”?

A. Was named for British Gen. Herbert Kitchner during his soldiers’ conquest of the Sudan in the 1890s.

Q. You said some of the Atlantic’s deep currents travel 60 mph. What makes them move?

A. Winter’s cold surface water falls. That moves out the water below in a rapid manner.