Odd Facts and Historical Tidbits Collated
A miscellaneous collection notes Maria de Medici's Luxembourg Palace begun in 1616 and finished in 1820, silver pine tree coins from Boston in the 17th century, India's high population share, polar surface elevations, and cheap production of lactic and acetic acids from pulp waste. plus a garbled stray line about Dearadah and an unrelated ship captain.
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Luxembourg Palace
France
Maria de’ Medici
Pitti
Florence
Boston
India
Amsterdam canal lock towers as world’s largest waterway entry
The Amster dam ship canal in Holland is described as the largest waterway lock in the world serving as an entrance to the North Sea. It measures 1,012 feet long and over 169 feet wide, surpassing Panama Canal locks which reach 1,000 feet by 110 feet. The note adds historical port naming and early engineer details, along with a brief on a 1621 2 land grant and dove nesting biology, plus a ciphered piston lubricant reference.
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Amsterdam
Holland
North Sea
Puzzle Corner Daily Crossword (Across and Down)
Puzzle clue list with many errors and misprints. Provides across and down entries such as Fruit of the fir e unit of illumination and Old measure Heb. with numerous gaps and mis-typed words. The page includes a cryptogram quote at the bottom and references to a cryptogram title CRYPTOQUOTE.
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Stanley
Brick Bradford
MR. Vench
Etta Kett
Boldd
Susie
CRICK
Muggs and
Skeeter
Big Sister
William Ritt
Clarence Gray
Paul Robinson
Pop
Lu Her
Lso
BY Wally Bisho
Ruggs
MR. Blair
Les Forgrave
Lawsy
Buddy
Yeai
Felix the Cat
Scott
Witzerland
By Rj, Scott
Spivers Dam
King Features Syndicate, Inc
F. Copy
English Channel
North Pole
Globe
South Pole
Dearadah
Dad Streeter
Acah
Mr.barrows
Mariana
John Mason
Council of
New England
Naumkeag
Salem
Merrimac
Masschusetts. Eee
Sally
Daily Crossword
What
Homer
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