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Show 11 v ' ODD BITS OF INTEREST i Knights placed their badges of honor and fealty to their kings over the heart, hence all medals are worn on the left breast. One of the wettest regions on earth is Mt. Walalealo, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Rainfall .measurements .mea-surements have been taken there from 1911. The range is from 360 to 592 inches per year, with normal average of 456 inches. In August, 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion In China, Navy men repaired a railroad line from Taku to Tientsin, China, and operated it sticcessfully with men taken from the engineering department of the United States vessels. The Navy Department was established es-tablished in 1798. Prior to that time the Navy had been under the War Department. On board American men-o'-war the national anthems of all nations having warships present, are played at morning colors. |