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ANNIVERSARIES. 1620.—Pilgrim Fathers . landed at Plymouth Rock. 1 . 1899.- —Lord Methven’s reverse at Magersfontain; General. Wauchope killed. 1907.—New Zealand Parliamentary Ruildings destroyed by fire. • • In Japan, China, and Turkey th« marriage age for girls is' fifteen and for boys sixteen. Spiders stopped a courthouse clock in Indiana by spinning webs inside ths works. A bath sft long and 18in wide bolds more than, thirty gallons, of water if filled only to a depth of 9in. On the average the'external portions of fingernails' are completely renewed once every to ilO days.
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Evening Star, Issue 21900, 11 December 1934, Page 1
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93IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21900, 11 December 1934, Page 1
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