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| Today is: Sunday January 28, 2001. |
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Trivia: Places |
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 160 cars can drive side by side
on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
All the dirt from the foundation to build the World Trade Center in NYC was dumped into
the Hudson River to form the community now known as Battery City Park.
Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms.
Disneyland opened in 1955.
Due to precipitation, for a few weeks, K2 is taller than Mt. Everest.
Harvard uses Yale brand locks on their buildings;Yale uses Best brand.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, person died
in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of
wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died
of natural causes.
If you bring a raccoon's head to the Henniker, New Hampshire town hall, you are entitled
to receive $.10 from the town.
If you come from Manchester, you are a Mancunian.
In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
In honour if Johan Vaaler, inventor of the paper clip, a 221/2 paper clip was erected in
Oslo, Norway.
In Irian, Jaya exists a tribe of tall. white people whose parrots are a warning sign
against intruders.
In Paris, the McDonalds big 'M' is the only one in the world that is white, rather than
yellow, it was thought that yellow was too tacky.
In Washington D.C., no building can be built taller than the Capitol.
It is forbidden for aircraft to fly over the Taj Mahal.
The Chuck E. Cheese franchise was created by Atari, a resteraunt combining robotic animals
and arcade games with family meals. They name the franchise a Pizza Time Theater. Chuck E.
Cheese was first opened in 1977. |
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