Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1882 — Curious Facts. [ARTICLE]

Curious Facts.

The natives of India say that the ba\ a bird lights up her nest with fireflies. The tomato plant is avoided by earwigs, caterpillars, aphides, slugs and snails. Thepart of the human body which, shows the greatest variety of color isthe iris of the eye. A wire 400 feet long can be made from one grain of silver. Such a wire is finer than human hair. King Alfred used to measure time by a device of twelve candles, graduated so as to burn two hours each. A large boa in tbe zoological gardens in London, swallowed a blanket, and disgorged it in thirty-three days. From animal remains it is concluded that Great Britain was at bne time connected with the mainland, and the English channel was dry.