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Show ODD FACTS Women smoke one-tenth of the 45 billion cigsrets used in England Eng-land in a single yesr. Amerlcsns consume sbout four billion bottles of soft drinks annually. an-nually. One In every 37 American citizens citi-zens Is a criminal, according to . estimates. A full dentist's kit contains 8000 different instruments. Brides of Bujak, Hungary, decorate dec-orate their wedding cakes like a Christmas tree, stringing them with popcorn, paper chains, blossoms, blos-soms, etc., on sticks, which are set in the cake. The cake is placed in the window for passers-by passers-by to admire, and, months later, is fed to the chickens. During summer months, steel workers are supplied with quantities quan-tities of gumdrops and salt. The gumdrops provide energy and the salt is cooling. Some 60,000 children, living In the remotest sections of western Canada, attend Sunday school by correspondence. Some of the first experiments In over-water flying in the United Unit-ed States were msde in 1906 snd 1907 by Isrsel Ludlow with a giant, kite-like glider towed by tugs. Forgeries of famous psintings have been revealed by means of photography, which shows the difference of brushwork and mediums me-diums between old and modern paintings. |