Handy Things, Facts
"NAY hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men’s have grown from sudden fears." Lord Byron wrote this, but do
you believe that anyone’s hair can turn white overnight? You do? Then listen to the voice of Science: "Physicians have never found an authenticated case. . ." You would hardly credit it, but when the island of Krakatoa blew up in 1863, the bang was heard 3000 miles away. Do you share the popular belief that a drowning man rises three times to the surface? Then listen to the voice of Science: "Whether a body sinks or not depends on the relative density of the body and the water. . . ." Does history really repeat itself? Why, of course; you have only to look at the case of Czechoslovakia. Here is what Frederick of Bohemia wrote in’ 1623, and here is what Dr. Benes said in 1938. Does this paragraph leave you with a feeling of dizziness and’ non sequitur? It does? That is because it is a fair and faithful sumary of a short session called "Here are the Facts," heard from 1ZB just the other night.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 311, 8 June 1945, Page 9
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196Handy Things, Facts New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 311, 8 June 1945, Page 9
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