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In the British Isles 5,319 people own estates of over 500 acres.
England has 42,800 police ; Scotland 5,000 ; Ireland, 12,400.,
QVs many as 4,061 muscles have been counted in the body of a moth.
The Tartarian alphabet contains 202 letters, being the longest in the world
Kangaroos cart jump lift, in height against a deer's best record of Oft. 6..
Up to 1801 the - whole of Denmark belonged to 614 noblemen^
There are usually 80,000,000 sovereigns and 45,000,000 half sovereigns in circulation.
Of 1,000 people born, 412 reach 50 years; 311, 60 ; 178, 70; and only 50 reach the age of 90 years.;
Rain falls more frequently between three o'clock and eight o'clock in the morning than at any other time during the day^
In New Zealand £50,000,000 worth of gold has been produced; the first nugget was found in 1812.
The Falkland Islands has* hardly any trees, and are devoted entirely to sheep. Their total area is a little less than that of Wales,
It is said that a woman's voice can he heard in a balloon at a height ol two miles, while a man's voice cannot he heard at a greater height than PUG mjle 4
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 120, 23 May 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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202ITEMS OF INTEREST. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 120, 23 May 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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