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Show UNUSUAL INFORMATION Butterflies that bite persons like horseflies have been discovered in Paraguay. Perfume is burned to deodorize a room in a new lamp that draws it up through a clay wick to an asbestos as-bestos tip. Rubber plating with which flashlights flash-lights for electricians have been equipped can withstand voltages as high as 29,000. About 85 per cent of Australia's coal production comes from New South Wales, where there are more than 200 mines. A floating crane has been constructed con-structed in England that can lift loads of 150 tons and weigh them while in the air. Small enough to be stowed into a zipper bag no larger than a suitcase, suit-case, inflatable boats are available to the sportsman. For making tea in cups a perforated per-forated spoon provided with a perforated per-forated sliding cover to hold the tea leaves has been invented. |