DO YOU KNOW?
(1) Which are the most popular of the sixty kinds of proficiency badges a Boy Scout may win? ' (2) How many characters are there in Dickens’s works? ' (3) Which is the oldest building in the world that has been permanently inhabited by kings? (4) What is the heaviest load an elephant Can carry on Its back? (5) How many wireless receivingsets are there in the world? ANSWERS (1) The most popular one last year was the ambulance badge, 21,537 of which were awarded in the British Empire. Others with high figures were the cyclist badge 13,777, swimmer 9081, mlssioner 8196, pathfinder 7820.
(2) There are 2174 characters. (8) Windsor Castle. (4) About three tons. (5) It Is estimated that there are about 22 million.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 221, 14 June 1930, Page 26
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127DO YOU KNOW? Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 221, 14 June 1930, Page 26
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