1) America's two richest universities--Harvard and Yale--did not come out looking so rich or so smart when it was reported that they each lost about 30 percent of their endowments last year due to lousy investments. The median college endowment decline was 18 percent.
2) Cockroaches are not the only animals that can live for some time without their heads.
I had known before about the roach (from a stint I did helping with KidsPost) But, as I was researching something for The Post's new Education Page http://washingtonpost.com/education/, I learned the roaches aren't alone in this stunning feat of nature.
The male praying mantis, for example, apparently stays alive during copulation after the female bites off its head. Enough said.
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