Strange But True: December 12, 2019

It was Polish chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower who made the following sage observation: "Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake."

* Worldwide, herbivores kill more people than carnivores.

* Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all were invented by women.

* Japanese scientists have discovered that the human body emits a very slight, yet perceptible, glow. After using a special camera to study a sample of men in their 20s, they found that intensity of the glow varies, with the lowest point at around 10 a.m. and the brightest at 4 a.m....