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For Your Warehouse of Useless Knowledge....
Night Stalker
Member Posts: 11,967
1) 1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S. (How many miles is it across Interstate 10?)
2) 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie. (So much for family values)
3) 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 (and?)
4) 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. (Are you sure you trust your parents?)
5) 123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S's highways. (right now?)
6) 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road. (Anyone been there?)
7) 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S. (That'll soon change).
8) 27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "A meaningless existential hell." (Until he graduates and realizes life is much, much worse).
9) 315 entries in Webster's Dictionary will be misspelled. (duz thiz on countt?)
10) 5% of Canadians don't know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem, but know the first 9 of the American anthem. (Intersting that they didn't cite how many American's know our National Anthem, huh? [;)] ).
http://www.tealdragon.net/humor/facts/facts.htm
NS
2) 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie. (So much for family values)
3) 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 (and?)
4) 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. (Are you sure you trust your parents?)
5) 123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S's highways. (right now?)
6) 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road. (Anyone been there?)
7) 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S. (That'll soon change).
8) 27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "A meaningless existential hell." (Until he graduates and realizes life is much, much worse).
9) 315 entries in Webster's Dictionary will be misspelled. (duz thiz on countt?)
10) 5% of Canadians don't know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem, but know the first 9 of the American anthem. (Intersting that they didn't cite how many American's know our National Anthem, huh? [;)] ).
http://www.tealdragon.net/humor/facts/facts.htm
NS
Comments
6) 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road. (Anyone been there?)No, but I've heard this one debunked before.
It'a actually only two six lane wide, one way roads. However these are separated by what's recognized as the world's widest highway median. In other words the roadway might be as wide as 160 cars sitting side by side, but the road itself can only handle a total of 12.
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quote:Originally posted by Night Stalker
6) 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road. (Anyone been there?)No, but I've heard this one debunked before.
It'a actually only two six lane wide, one way roads. However these are separated by what's recognized as the world's widest highway median. In other words the roadway might be as wide as 160 cars sitting side by side, but the road itself can only handle a total of 12.
Exactly. It is just a regular road with a wide grass median.