January 2000 Words to live by for the millennium By Michael H. Riegger, DVM, Dipl. ABVP Contributing Author Trivia overload has finally reached an all-time low.
Centipedes have pairs of legs, but only odd numbers of paired legs.
But now the British have discovered one with 48 pairs. Sometimes trivial bits of information do fit into the overall picture and scheme of life. But to consider the importance of counting pairs of legs of centipedes magnify the importance of the Time Cannibal. If the Time Cannibal doesn't have you by now, he will get you in 2000. So the time has come to make some changes or life is going to decline to the management of trivia.