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Thread ID: 102079	2009-08-06 08:03:00	Factoids Of Tremendous Interest To Intelligent Persons	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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798776	2009-08-06 08:03:00	Alaska More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska . Amazon The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply . The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean . The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States . Antarctica Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country . Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world . As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert . The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches . Although covered with ice (all but 0 . 4% of it, i . e . ,),,, Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert . Brazil Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around . Canada Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined . Canada is an Indian word meaning ' Big Village . ' Chicago Next to Warsaw , Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world . Detroit Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road any where . Damascus , Syria Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753BC,making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence . Istanbul , Turkey Istanbul (AKA Constantinople), Turkey , is the only city in the world located on two continents . Los Angeles Los Angeles ' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula -- and can be abbreviated to 3 . 63% of its size: L . A . . El pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula translated to English is, "The Town of Our Lady Queen of Angels of Porciuncula" New York City The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city . Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple . There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel . Ohio There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is man made . Pitcairn Island The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia , at just 1 . 75 sq . miles . Rome The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome , Italy in 133 B . C . There is a city called Rome on every continent . Siberia Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests . S . M . O . M . The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S . M . O . M . ) . It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican . It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is . Sahara Desert In the Sahara Desert , there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years . Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island . There has been no rainfall there for two million years . Spain SPAIN literally means 'the land of rabbits . ' St . Paul , Minnesota St . Paul , Minnesota , was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant who set up the first business there . Roads Chances that a road is unpaved in the U . S . A: 1%, in Canada : 75% . Texas The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas . It is as deep as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide . United States The Interstate System requires that one-mile in every five must be straight . These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies . Waterfalls The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet . It is 15 times higher than Niagara Falls . Just thought you'd like to know .	SurferJoe46 (51)
798777	2009-08-06 08:50:00	New Zealand 1. New Zealand has more bookshops per head of population than any other country; one for every 7,500 people (compared with one for every 19,000 in England and one for every 50,000 in the USA). 2. Less than 5% of the population of New Zealand is human - the rest are animals, giving one of the highest ratios of humans to animals in the world. 3. A total of 194,000 men (67% of all NZ males between 18 and 45) served in World War II.	Strommer (42)
798778	2009-08-06 09:14:00	The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas . It is as deep as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide . If that was George W Bush's long drop, it'd be full by now . . .	seltsam (13470)
798779	2009-08-06 09:39:00	If that was George W Bush's long drop, it'd be full by now... :lol: :clap :lol:	Strommer (42)
798780	2009-08-06 10:58:00	20x the empire state building is 7620m (or 25000 ft). The deepest hole in the world is 12262m, in Russia www.damninteresting.com	somebody (208)
798781	2009-08-06 11:26:00	20x the empire state building is 7620m (or 25000 ft). The deepest hole in the world is 12262m, in Russia www.damninteresting.com Oh no it ain't. From where Surfer Joe catches trout, that Russian hole is 1/4 of the way around the world. So, from SJ's fishing spot, simple (very) geometry indicates it is a wide hole, not a deep one. ;)	R2x1 (4628)
798782	2009-08-06 13:12:00	Thank goodness we have nothing to worry about because God is on our side. R.I.P.	zqwerty (97)
798783	2009-08-06 13:31:00	I'd be more interested in a picture of the skinny guy they sent down that 3inch-wide hole to measure it.	Laura (43)
798784	2009-08-06 17:13:00	Thank goodness we have nothing to worry about because God is on our side. R.I.P. __________________ Narrow minded book banning truth censoring mean spirited ungenerous envious intolerant afraid chicken bullying trivially moral falsely patriotic family cheapening flag cheapening God cheapening shallow small sanctimonious RORTING RIGHT & left WING You working as many tags as you can? The Slurpers must like you a lot! Sheeeeesh!	SurferJoe46 (51)
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