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Show Strange Facts I Jap (Tomcn Writers rngnn Mistletoe I V Khss ir Trains japan is believed lo be the only yuntry in which all the best writes writ-es are women. In fact, Japanese :erature, for more than a thou-isri thou-isri years, has possessed few, if tf, works of outstanding merit -at have been written by men. sss Tp to a century or two ago, mis-ietoe mis-ietoe was excluded from the floral ecorations of churches at Christmastime Christ-mastime because it was consid-red consid-red to be an unholy plant, hav-;g hav-;g been tainted with paganism refore the time of Jesus through :s use and worship by the ancient Jruids. sSs Using "air trains' consisting of iiplanes towing seven gliders iach, the Russian army has dem-:nstrated dem-:nstrated that it can drop, by par-ichute, par-ichute, as many as 2,500 infantrymen infantry-men at one time. Collier's. |