America: the quick study
Random quotes and facts from The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007:
"In the 17C, when French explorers arrived, Algonquian, Sauk, Fox and Illinois and Souian Osage, Missouri, Iowa and Kansa peoples were living in the region; few remained by the 1830s."
Alaska is more than twice as large as Texas.
In 1925, 689 people died in a tornado that ripped through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
The 2nd and 3rd stanzas of The Star-Spangled Banner are commonly omitted as a courtesy to the British. One line: "Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution."
US atmospheric CO2 concentration ppm in 1744: 277; CO2 concentration ppm 2005; 377.
Best-selling US magazine: AARP The Magazine, circ: 23m (it's for 50+).
US Army personnel on active duty, 1940: 267, 767; in 1945: 8,266, 373.
"In the 17C, when French explorers arrived, Algonquian, Sauk, Fox and Illinois and Souian Osage, Missouri, Iowa and Kansa peoples were living in the region; few remained by the 1830s."
Alaska is more than twice as large as Texas.
In 1925, 689 people died in a tornado that ripped through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
The 2nd and 3rd stanzas of The Star-Spangled Banner are commonly omitted as a courtesy to the British. One line: "Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution."
US atmospheric CO2 concentration ppm in 1744: 277; CO2 concentration ppm 2005; 377.
Best-selling US magazine: AARP The Magazine, circ: 23m (it's for 50+).
US Army personnel on active duty, 1940: 267, 767; in 1945: 8,266, 373.
posted by Mark Broatch at 7:59 PM
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