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Show Strange Facts I Heat Changes Color 1 ' A Busy Firebug I Horse Honor Guest That temperature can change the color of flowers of a single plant is illustrated by a species of Chinese primrose, Primula sinensis, sinen-sis, whose blossoms are white when grown at about 85 degrees Fahrenheit and red when grown at about 60 degrees Fahrenheit. In the West, where thunderstorms thunder-storms frequently occur with little or no rain, forest fires caused by lightning are common. Moreover, single storms often do considerable consider-able damage, such as a recent one in Idaho, which started 70 fires within 20 minutes. Few keepers of animals in zoological zo-ological parks are certain of crocodiles' croc-odiles' sex unless they lay eggs. Unlike other Christians, the Mormons of Utah marry for eternity, eter-nity, not for this life alone, and the death of a partner does not dissolve dis-solve or alter the union. One of the longest theatrical careers ca-reers ever achieved by an animal was that of "Anna," a horse that appeared on the New York stage from 1913 to 1938. When she was retired last spring at the age of 36 years, a party was given in her honor by the polo ponies of The Pegasus Club of Rocklcigh, N. J. Collier's. |