Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-01-08 | Page 6 | Science Facts from Many Lands

SCIENCE FACTS FROM MANY LANDS i Hindus babies are named when thoy i: are 12 days old, usually by the mother. ;, It is said that diamonds have been discovered in fallen meteors. : It is believed that all lions are "left-handed." "left-handed." A famous explorer says thar vhen a lion desires to strike a forcible forci-ble blow it nearly always uses the left paw. i The inhabitants of China are counted count-ed every year in a curious manner. i The oldest" master of every ten houses has to count the families and .make a list, which is sent to the imperial tax house. The swiftest dog in the world, the borzoi, or Russian wolfhound, has j : made record runs that show seventy- l Jive feet in a second, while the ga- ' zelle has shown measured speed of : -more than eighty feet a second, which would give a speed of 4.S00 feet in a minute if the pace could bo kept up r' Nowhere else does the wind blow so hard and steadily as in tho Falkland Islands. Tree growth is practically impossible owing to this peculiarity, and with such force does the wind sweep that region at times that po- tatoes and turnips have been known j ' to be blown out of the ground. Grass, however, grows luxuriantly.