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The skeleton alone of an average whale weighs 25 tons. la 54 cases out of 100 the left leg is stronger than the right. The parchment on the best banjoes is made of wolf-skin. Aberdeen sends L 60,000 worth of cattle to London every week. About 20 miles of new streets are added to London every year. All the land above eea-level would not fill up more than one-third of the Atlantic Ocean. The huge guns of modern navies can be fired only aboub 75 times, when they become worn out. On the Canadian-Pacific Railway there are carriages over 77ft long. There are 55 dogs in the United Kingdow to every 1000 Inhabitants. Epplng Forest is the largest public recreation ground in the world.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7213, 18 May 1898, Page 3
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125Items. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7213, 18 May 1898, Page 3
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