n Word of the week: “pandiculation.” The act of stretching oneself and yawning. Reptiles, birds and most other mammals are known to pandiculate also.
n The Oregon town of Condon was the boyhood home of two Nobel laureates: Linus Pauling and William Murphy, though neither man was born there. The area airport is named for Pauling. (Thanks to John Kehoe of Lake Forest Park, Wash.)
New York Yankee -Joe DiMaggio was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. The “Maggio” part of his name is Italian for what word?
A) March
B) May
C) Monday
D) Thursday
Friday’s answer: Steve Martin’s major at Cal State Long Beach was philosophy.
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