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Show The Trans - Canada Highway, now under construction, will stretch 5,000 .miles from St. John's, Newfoundland, on the Atlantic At-lantic to Vancouver and Victoria on the Pacific. A deficiency of vitamin B-2 or riboflavin is the most prevalent dietary deficiency in this country. coun-try. This deficiency has the greatest great-est influence on the formation of eye cataracts in old age. s s The smallest mammals belong to the shrew family. These mouse- like creatures live Just below the surface of the ground and can consume their own weight in insects in-sects every three hours. s s s In Chinese, "Tal" means "place," and important towns in Taiwan (Formosa) include Taipei Tai-pei (North Place), Taichung (Central (Cen-tral Place), Tainan (South Place), and Taitung (East Place). The use of nickel for coinage purposes increased by 50 per cent during 1958. s s Estimated damage in the great San Francisco fire of 1908 was $350,000,000, with an insurance loss of $220,000,000. Some 150.000 claims were paid by 243 companies. com-panies. .. Motorists caught in a thunderstorm thunder-storm have little to fear from lightning as long as they remain in their cars. Lightning hitting the cars spreads its charge through the car body and arcs across the wheels to the ground. |