WORTH KNOWING.
Since the birth of Christ 4 000,000,000 men have been slain in battle.
The population of Eussia is increasing at the rate of ijooo,ooo a year. In China to salute any one by taking off one's hat is a deliberate insult.
Last year Q-reece was buyi ng guns, and this year it has ordered io,ooo ploughs. There are found in both books of the Bible 3,586,483 letters, and 773,693 words.
It is claimed that at present the English laguage "ia- spoken by 116,000,000 people. Of the 143 holders of the Victoria Cross no fewer than fourteen are army surgeons. The average walking pace of a healthy man or woman is said to be seventy-five steps a minute. Before the war Cuba contributed about one-twentieth of all tbe tobacco used in the world.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9642, 14 January 1899, Page 3
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134WORTH KNOWING. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9642, 14 January 1899, Page 3
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