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Word: minorcas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...Texarkana, Tex., in 1912, Charles Settle's Leghorn hen laid torpedo-shaped eggs that tapered at both ends. On the basis of that hint he went on record as predicting a world war in two years. Last week one of Settle's Minorca hens laid torpedo-shaped eggs. Said Farmer Settle: "If another war doesn't break out within two years then my hen doesn't know her business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: War | 5/6/1935 | See Source »

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