STRANGE FACTS
With only two voters, Nottingham claims the smallest voting parish in the country. It is at the Shire Hall, whose only “residents” are a police officer and his wife.
England has fewer telephones in proportion to population than Denmati, Sweden, Norway and Hawaii.
Britain’s Civil Service has increased by one-third on its 1914 figure. There are now more than 356.000 civil servants in the country.
For the third time, an inhabitant of Yugoslavia lias wanted the same wife. The two previous unions were ended by mutual consent. He was charged triple fees and warned that a fourth wedding would be dearer still 1
Fruit gives off gas in natural ripening. By replacing this, the ripening process can be done in half the normal time, with better results.
Germany has more cinemas than any other European country. Next come Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain.
Insects are responsible for the destruction of about one-tenth of the world’s crops.
About 9,000,000 meals are served, and 250,009 pieces of crockery broken, on British railways every year.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 124, 19 February 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)
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