Odd Facts Shelf Notes From History and Science
Ithuriel in Milton’s Paradise Lost exposes Satan in Eden with a magic spear revealing deceit. The Burr Hamilton duel ended in Hamilton’s death in 1804. Home ownership rose 22 percent from 1940 to 1944. Pottery is among the oldest crafts. Twenty two percent of South Carolina Civil War soldiers died or were killed. Some insects possess taste organs in their legs.
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Ithuriel
Milton
Gabriel
Satan
Garden of Eden
Adam
Eve
U. 8
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
U. S
South Carolina
Factographs and distant wonders from Arctic lemming mice to collars
At timber-line Rocky Mountain summits live animals never seen lower. Lemmings and other arctic forms burrow in Alpine meadows. Paper making reached Europe via Spain in the 12th century. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was called the most fastidious American critic. The first bicycle was made in Scotland in 1839. An Albany woman reportedly originated the detachable shirt collar to ease washing. The Isle of Pines near Cuba is nearly circular with a 40 mile diameter and about 40 square miles of area.
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Rocky Mountains
Europe
Spain
Ors
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
See
Scotland
Albany
Isle of Pines
Island
Cuba
Puzzle Corner Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues
Puzzle page features a cryptogram quotation THE MAGIC OF THE TONGUE warning that it may be the most dangerous of all spells from LYTTON. Saturday's Cryptoquote is distributed by King Features with the clue set YETF B THT LE YROTE LG YE DT FV ETWGYHOBY EKMPTEUT MJ
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Lytton
King
Dear Noah and the Dry Cleaner Race Night Mystery
A fragmented note references a character named Dear Noah and asks if the cleaner who went to the races came home cleaned. Includes initials R J Gernet Lacieson Michigan and a cryptic line about a “big dope a stlp or man” from M Laney Monroe NC. Ends with odd branding and stray phrases.
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R.j.gernet Lacieson
Mich
M.c.laney
Monroe
N.C
Noah
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