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OneAccord 02-05-2008 10:55 AM

Did you know....
 
Did you know….

That, geographically, tiny Lynchburg, TN ( Home of the Jack Daniels Distillery , Population: 5, 421) is ranked the 61st largest city in the US (129 Area miles )? Atlanta, Ga, (population: 486,411) is 60th. (132 area miles)

Conrad Reed found a 17-pound lump of gold on his father’s North Carolina farm in 1799, the first documented discovery of gold in the United States. They used the rock as a doorstop for three years before a local jeweler identified it.

From 1991 to 2000, the average weight of Americans increased by 8.5 pounds.

In August 2003, da Vinci's Madonna of the Yarnwinder, valued at $65 million, was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland by two men posing as tourists. They escaped in a Volkswagen Golf

George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, and his wife Laura got married just three months after meeting each other.

'Coca-Cola' translates to Chinese as 'Bite the wax tadpole'

LadyChocolate 02-05-2008 10:59 AM

Re: Did you know....
 
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Originally Posted by OneAccord (Post 380176)
Did you know….

That, geographically, tiny Lynchburg, TN ( Home of the Jack Daniels Distillery , Population: 5, 421) is ranked the 61st largest city in the US (129 Area miles )? Atlanta, Ga, (population: 486,411) is 60th. (132 area miles)

Conrad Reed found a 17-pound lump of gold on his father’s North Carolina farm in 1799, the first documented discovery of gold in the United States. They used the rock as a doorstop for three years before a local jeweler identified it.

From 1991 to 2000, the average weight of Americans increased by 8.5 pounds.

In August 2003, da Vinci's Madonna of the Yarnwinder, valued at $65 million, was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland by two men posing as tourists. They escaped in a Volkswagen Golf

George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, and his wife Laura got married just three months after meeting each other.

'Coca-Cola' translates to Chinese as 'Bite the wax tadpole'


I am proud to say I am above average!!!! Way above average!!!!:treadmill:

tamor 02-05-2008 11:03 AM

Re: Did you know....
 
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Originally Posted by LadyChocolate (Post 380183)
I am proud to say I am above average!!!! Way above average!!!!:treadmill:

:toofunny ME TOO!!! :toofunny

Margies3 02-05-2008 11:43 AM

Re: Did you know....
 
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Originally Posted by LadyChocolate (Post 380183)
I am proud to say I am above average!!!! Way above average!!!!:treadmill:

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamor (Post 380188)
:toofunny ME TOO!!! :toofunny

me three.

So what do I say to that? I say, "coca cola" in Chinese!


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