The opal is the only gem not successfully counterfeited.
One dollar to get married, ten cents to go to college, and fifty cents to graduate are some of the items in the new regulation “governing the affixing of stamps on certificates concerning human affairs,” which were recently promulgated in China.
The population of French Indo-China is about 20,000,000, of whom 20,000 are Europeans, chiefly French.
The human family is subject to about 1,200 different kinds of disease and ailment.
Motion pictures of insects in flight show that they regulate their speed by changing the inclination of their wings rather than by altering the rapidity of their motion.
All telephone operators in Egypt are required to be able to speak English, French, Italian, Greek, and Arabic.
The American mountain sheep are the greatest leapers in the world.
Women study art with the aid of mirrors.
Bright people look upon the bright side of life.
The more you have, the more your fun will cost you. Auction sales originated in ancient Rome, and were introduced to enable soldiers to dispose of spoils of war.