Worth Remembering Highlights From Global Facts
More than 10,000 books published in England last year. Seattle hosts two of the world’s largest piers. Paris houses a library of women authors. Norway records the longest life expectancy. England’s first paper mill began at Dartford in 1500.
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Rich Lad Is a Bus Boy at Waldorf Astoria
Carl E. Bergson works as a bus boy at the Waldorf Astoria in New York while inheriting a millionaire’s fortune. The sixteen year old heir recently moved from the hotel to a Madison Avenue residence, staying in an $18 daily suite. His father serves as a Swedish army officer and his mother is a renowned singer. He plans to learn the hotel business and then return to Sweden.
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Pershing Joins Film Shoot After Medal Ceremony
General Pershing, who decorated five army nurses with the Distinguished Service Medal, agreed to film a short shot for a movie man. He manually shot a brief sequence registering the heroines just honored.
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Mercury Has a Fall Pranks End in Humble Restraint
A stenographer recalls posing as Mercury at the office while the president and other workers were away. She stood on a chair balancing on one leg to imitate the sun god when laughter erupted as the chair toppled, nearly shattering her dignity.
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Hunger Drives Deer To Park Doorsteps In Severe Winter
A deer near Yellowstone Rational park resorts to human proximity for food amid one of the region's harshest winters. The animal's bold foraging brings it close to dwellings, illustrating the season's strain on wildlife and supply.
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Interesting Facts From Various Corners Of The World
The notes cover diverse topics from birth betrothal customs in India to factual odds about clover seeds and a count of women in US legal roles. It also mentions a French speed plane at 193 mph and a Calcutta millionaire's glass bedstead as a possession, plus a remark on the Chinese word for hash as notably hard to pronounce.
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