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« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2010, 05:57:18 AM » |
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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.
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Amitkumar
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« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2010, 05:59:05 AM » |
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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.
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« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2010, 06:02:37 AM » |
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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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« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2010, 06:03:18 AM » |
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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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