Odd Facts From History And Science
Ultramarine lapis lazuli valued for medicinal uses by ancients mixed with milk for boils and ulcers. New Zealand Eocene penguin fossils hint at a six to seven foot bird. US Army Signal Corps adopt steel-helmeted helmets with built in telephone headsets for all-around head protection. Pilgrims departed Southampton August 4, 1620. Weatherproofing waste causes about a third of a billion dollars yearly in fuel oil and coal losses for households.
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Southampton
England
Army Signal Corps
Notable early figures and facts from history
Charles Michél de Langlade, a French-Canadian trader born near Michilimackinac, influenced Native tribes and is called the founder of Wisconsin. Cy Warman, the poet of the Rockies, was a locomotive engineer and publisher. Lao-tse, ancient sage, reputed founder of Taoism. Under field conditions 25,000 American soldiers wear out 800 pairs of shoes daily. Newfoundland, an island at Britain’s eastern edge, is about the size of a small region.
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Charles Michél de Langlade
Michilimackinac
Cy Warman
Rockies
Pa Lau-tze Lao-tse
Newfoundland
America
Puzzle Corner Across and Down Unreadable Grid
Puzzle grid shows numerous incomplete clues across and down with garbled text and mixed letters. Includes cryptic style notes and a Byron quote fragment, with scattered capitalized bits suggesting a puzzle page segment from a newspaper.
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