German Health Museum in Cologne Showcases Glass Man and Other Oddities
A Cologne suburb museum houses a glass man with cast aluminum bones and plexiglass skin, plus glass woman glass dog and a 12 foot glass giant. Exhibits use colored liquids to highlight veins and arteries. The facility grew from the Dresden Hygiene Museum and plans travels to Belgium France Luxembourg Holland Denmark and beyond.
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Cologne
Germany
German Hygiene Museum
Dresden
Georg Setring
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Holland
Denmark
South America
Africa
Laundry tips from a bygone era
Helpful hints describe starching table linens after rinsing to extend life and improve look. Instructions mention brushing with soap for hemstitch threads and warming a ceramic bowl to aid cake mixing. A tip suggests lubricating a stubborn gipper with soap to restore smooth operation.
Quick Canadian Facts Quiz Answers Fragment
Answers list four items and figures from July 1982. It cites $905 million for July 1982 and identifies forests and Calgary Alberta with elevation above 3400 feet. It notes rivers flowing north to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean and 131,646 casual civil servants plus a note on missing figures.
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Calgary
Alta
Hudson Bay
Arctic Ocean
Quick Canadian Facts
Handbook of Facts About
Canada
New Cattle Breed Trial Aims to Drought-Adapt Australia
A joint Australian American effort introduces the Red Santa Gertrudis breed from Texas King Ranch to North Queensland. King Ranch Australia and Associated Stations back the project with Risdon and Twin Hills ranches, auction results show strong demand, and drought mortality drives rapid expansion of the hardy cattle line.
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Melbourne
Queensland
King Ranch
Texas
King Ranch of Australia, Limited
U.S
Australia
King Ranch Australia
Risdon
Warweck
Great Dividing Range
Associated Stations
Twin Hills
Clermont
Limited
King Ranch of
Swifts Australian Packing Company, Limited
Cheat Can Outwit Mechanical Brain
The Civil Service Commission acknowledged that cheats can outsmart electronic grading machines used in government job exams. Multiple markings on questions fool the machine, which detects only a single marked answer. To prevent fraud, exams will be double checked by hand in addition to machine grading.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Heart Beats Count: Average Person Pulses 100000 Times
The average person’s heart beats at least 100000 times in 26 hours, highlighting the rapid rhythm of the human heart and its constant activity as it powers circulation.
Prairie Chicken Chosen To Symbolize Wildlife Week
The National Wildlife Federation named the prairie chicken as the symbol for Wildlife Week 1953. Once abundant across central plains, this species has dwindled due to farming and grazing, now found in about a dozen states. Preservation relies on habitat protection and careful management.
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Washington
America
National Wildlife Federation
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Mid-Continent
Appalachians
Rocky Mountains
Porcupine Steals Apples Observed by Wilton Grower
Daniel Barry, an apple grower from Wilton New Hampshire, says he saw a porcupine roll apples into a ring about two feet wide. He reports the animal then rolled on its back rose and ran off with ten apples impaled on its quills.
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Wilton, N.H
Daniel Barry
Barry
Penguin and Kiwi Feathers Grow Evenly Across Bodies
Birds such as penguins and kiwis possess feathers that cover their bodies uniformly. This pattern contrasts with other species where feather distribution varies by region and function.
Duchess of Windsor Tops Best Dressed List Again
New York Dress Institute names 12 women for best dressed world, adding Mamie Eisenhower and Oveta Hobby who tie for 11th. Duchess of Windsor leads the list for the 10th year since 1942 alongside other notable figures. Copper melts at 1083 C and boils at 2300 C.
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New York
New York Dress Institute
Mamie Eisenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
U.S
Eisenhower
Institute
Hobby
Duchess of Windsor
William Paley
Duchess of Kent
Byron Foy
Mme
Louis Arppes
Paris
Marlene Dietrich
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
Winston Guest
Lucy D. Cochrane
Boston
Rodolfo Crespi
Rome
Consuelo O'Connor
Henri Bonnet
Mountain Climber Say Doomed Start Hopes On Everest
Swiss climbers reached about twenty six thousand five hundred feet on a second attempt and returned to Katmandu Nepal on December 15. They had earlier failed due to weather and equipment issues. Shipton warned that monsoon season and cold winds made a successful ascent unlikely this season.
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Katmandu
Himalayan
Nepal
Royal Geographical Society
Shipton
Mount
Everest
Inia
South Col
Don'ts On Heating Units Warn of Fire Dangers
Saskatchewan Fire Commissioner R A W Switzer issues heating safety guidelines for homes. Do not use gasoline or kerosene to light fires, avoid overloading stoves, and never stand in front of furnace doors. Oil burner checks are urged to prevent explosions and improper fuel use. Regular maintenance could reduce fatalities and property losses while wheat acreage in the UK fell five percent in 1952 due to poor fall weather.
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R. A. W. Switzer
Saskatchewan
Switzer
New $1 Stamp Design to Feature Pacific Coast Indian Totem
A Pacific Coast Indian house and totem pole will decorate a new one pound stamp set for release on February 2 by the post office department. Countess Alexander says her husband, Lord Alexander, has not painted since returning from Canada to take Britain's defence portfolio. Trans Australia Airlines unveils a lay away holiday plan for a complete Australian trip with a small deposit and weekly shilling payments. A new flashing light marker buoy is being fitted on British submarines to surface in case of dive failure, visible up to two miles.
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Post-Office Department
Trans-Australia Airlines
TAA
Australia
Quick Canadian Quiz Answers From a 1939 Column
The page quizzes on Canadian geography and economics noting Ottawa employed 46 106 civil servants in 1939 and hints at updated figures today. It asks for the nation’s top natural resource and drainage basins. Labour income in 1939 averaged 215 million monthly. current total asked.
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Canada
Ottawa
Atlantic
Pacific
Hudson Bay
Arctic Ocean
Smile Of The Week Woman Diet Joke
A humorous exchange features a shopper asking to see a 15 pound beef cut to visualize her diet loss. The butcher presents the piece and the woman reveals she has lost that weight, delivering a light anecdote of dieting and appetite.
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Brandon
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W. M. MacNaughton
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Frank Vanderbreenker
Silver Springs
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Central Press Canadian
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Field Marshal
Earl Alexander
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Birmingham
England
Southampton
Southern Cross
South-West Pacific
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