I guess you can't be all that bad
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just a plainolamerican
just confused from time to time and on occasion! <Grin>!
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but not confused about capitalism vs socialism, myth vs reality, and
redheads vs blondes
On Apr 26, 1:33 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey PlainOl'!
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> Are you in Tennessee? I guess I knew that, but had somehow misplaced that
> information. I guess you can't be all that bad, just confused from time to
> time and on occasion! <Grin>!
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:47 AM, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com
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> > wrote:
> > in my backyard
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> > At 256 feet, Fall Creek Falls is said to feature the highest vertical
> > drop of any waterfall east of the Mississippi. (The highest vertical
> > drop in the west is Yosemite Creek Waterfall in California at 2,425
> > feet; Niagara Falls in New York state has vertical drop of but 180
> > feet.)
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> >http://tn.gov/environment/parks/FallCreekFalls/gallery/nature/index.s...
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> > On Apr 26, 10:39 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > *You're** **gonna say "I didn't know that!"
> > at
> > > least 5 times.** **Really neat stuff here**. *
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> > > *
> > > **More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in
> > Alaska .
> > > *
>
> > > ------------------------------
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> > > *
>
> > > **
> > > **Amazon*
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> > > *
> > > **The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20%
> > > of 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, ice.),
> > > Antarctica is the driest place on the planet,
> > > with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.*
> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
> > > **
> > > **Brazil*
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> > > *
> > > **Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.*
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> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
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> > > **
> > > **Canada*
>
> > > *
> > > **Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an
> > > Indian word meaning ' Big Village '.*
> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
> > > **
> > > **Chicago*
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> > > *
> > > **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 anywhere.*
> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
> > > **
> > > **Damascus , Syria*
>
> > > *
> > > **Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years
> > > before Rome was founded in 753 BC,
> > > making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.*
>
> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
> > > **
> > > **Istanbul , Turkey*
>
> > > *
> > > **Istanbul, 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.*
> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
> > > **
> > > **New York City*
>
> > > *
> > > **The term 'The Big Apple' was coined
> > > by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s
> > > 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
> > manmade.*
> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
> > > **
> > > **Pitcairn Island*
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> > > *
> > > **The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn
> > > in Polynesia , at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.*
> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
> > > **Rome*
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> > > *
> > > **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 , Algeria ,
> > > 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%*
> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
> > > **
> > > **Russia*
>
> > > *
> > > **The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the
> > > Kola Superdeep Borehole, in Russia .
> > > It reached a depth of 12,261 meters
> > > (about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles).
> > > It was drilled for scientific research
> > > and gave up some unexpected discoveries,
> > > one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen
> > > - so massive that the mud coming from the hole
> > > was boiling with it.*
> > > ------------------------------
>
> > > *
> > > **
> > > **United States*
>
> > > *
> > > **The Eisenhower 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.*
> > > ------------------------------
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> > > *
> > > **
> > > **Waterfalls*
>
> > > *
> > > **The water of Angel Falls (the world's highest) in Venezuela
> > > drops 3,212 feet (979 meters).
> > > They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls .*
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