ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Grey River Argus, 9 April 1927, Page 3

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An ofitrict yields about 31b of ieath crs yearly. The definition of the word “Eski mo” is “Eater of raw flesh.” From frog skin is made the thinnest and toughest leather obtainable. A flash of lightning lasts for about one-millionth part of a second. In a silkworm’s cocoon there are from 500 to 1200 yards of silk. The skin of the human palm is 76 times as thick as that of the eyelid. Mosquitoes are said to be capable or flying a distance of a mile and a half The largest island on the earth js Greenland, 827,300 square miles in area.. Granite is the lowest rock in the earth’s crust. It is the bedrock of the world. Liverpool Cathedral has the largest organ in the world. There are 10,934 pipes. Approximately 15,000,000 bananas are consumed every day in the United States. Wood yields one-fourth of the heat of coal; charcoal about the same heat as coal. The eye of a butterfly contains about 5000 different lenses and 50,000 nerves. More than half of the world’s annual gold output is produced in British South Africa. Street accidents in London are increasing at the rate of 10,000 every three months. Children grow more between the ages of fourteen and seventeen than at any other time. Dust from volcanic eruptions has been known to travel 500 miles through the air. Twice as many victims are claimed annually by man-made electricity as by nature ’si lightning. Rats can adapt themselves to almost any climate, from that of the regions to the tropics. Hyde Park (London) derives Its title from the Manor of Hyde, to 'which it belonged in Saxon times. i Husband (noticing pretty girl with her aunt): “Her uiece is rather nice, eh?” Wife: “Don’t say ‘knees is’ — say ‘ knees are ’I ”