Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-26 | Page 6 | Odd Facts

I ODD FACTS FACTS I A regulation deck dock of cards would seem to have been designed designed designed de de- de- de signed to conform to today's cal cal- Add the face values of all the cards in the deck and the total equals the days of a year approximately the number of cards equals the weeks In a year and the number of face cards equals the months In a year Your Your Life The New York stock exchange recently offered for sale some time old-time stock tickers Brokerage Brokerage Brokerage Brok Brok- firms bought them as souvenirs souvenirs souvenirs sou sou- of the good old days for their customers Time was when these tickers recorded millions millions mil mu- lions of dollars of transactions a day They sold for apiece Your Life The idiom Nuts to you has hasa a historic past In the Middle Ages it was the custom for a suitor to declare his choice by inviting himself to dinner at the home of his lady love If she served him with a bowl of nuts his proposal was rejected Your Your Life Since the U. U S. S government began began be be- gan gao coining pennies in 1793 Americans have lost 5 billion 57 million of the two- two centers minted between 1864 and 1873 still cant can't be found 66 million million million mil mil- lion three-cent three pieces haven't ever been located Officials of the U. U S. S mint believe most of the coins went down drains and In gutters Your Your Life The United States built thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of airplanes for use In the World war but very few actually actually actually actu actu- ally were used since hostilities ceased soon after their tion Young 0 u n g icebergs are called caned calves they are the offspring of the parent glacier I