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Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Daylight Savings

Fact- Not all states observe daylight savings time. Most of Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the American Virgin Islands have decided not to participate.


How does "most of Arizona" work? Thats got to be complicated.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Airports

Fact- London Heathrow is the busiest air hub world wide.

Thanks to R.G. I now know that Atlanta is the busiest in the US

Thursday, October 14, 2010

First Archives

fact- the Spanish were the first nation-state to create a national archives.


Thursday, October 7, 2010

Manx

Fact- Manx cats were bred on the Isle of Man around 1750 and thats where the name comes from. In the native Manx language, the cats are called stubbin.

Tiny

Fact- Freeport Kansas is the smallest town to have a bank. It is .2 miles in area and has 6 residents.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Whats in a name?

Fact- Supposedly, if your name is Isabella you can visit the Isabella Stuart Gardiner museum for free