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Every minute 160 pairs of shoes and 20 umbrellas are made in Britain, 1400 pounds of sweets eaten, 48,000 matches struck, and 30.000 cigarettes and pipes lighted. Three babies are born every minute and a puppy is born every 45 seconds. Every day Britain’s 40,000.000 people .eat 500,000 head of cattle, 12,000,000 eggs and drink 28.000.000 pints of beer.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22099, 1 November 1933, Page 8
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62POINTS FROM STATISTICS Otago Daily Times, Issue 22099, 1 November 1933, Page 8
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