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Fun Facts 29

Posted by 4Drea on January 21, 2011 at 11:02am in Mr Bruns 360 Message Board

Fun Facts 29-a continuation of fun facts 28. Country facts

 

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

 

At their closest point, the Russian and U.S. borders are less than two miles apart  (but Sarah Palin still can't see Russia from her house)

 

America once issued a 5-cent bill!

 

About 1 in 30 people in the U.S. are in jail, on probation, or on parole

 

80% of 10 year old girls in the U.S. go on a diet

 

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country (it may not be worth anything, but you'd think that they'd just take it anyway. Just for saying. Its not like it would cost anything to take it.)

 

The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F

 

Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).

 

If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there

 

Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672

 

 One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold

 

In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year (so a zombie apacolypse isn't so ridiculous after all?...)

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  • 3Allisha January 29, 2011 at 2:24pm

    80% of teenage girls on a diet? that is seriously messed up! And the speaker of the house cant speak? Haha, irony. :P

  • 4Sarah January 29, 2011 at 1:32pm
    Why would you bite someone? Are they cannibals? 3 degrees in Anarctica? That's crazy, I think Iowa is cold enough.
  • 8Taylor January 28, 2011 at 3:18pm
    I think its funny how 80% of 10 year olds are on a diet thats crazy. Yet so many people overweight.
  • 4Ryan January 28, 2011 at 10:49am
    I do not see why our country has to resort to violents,i mean who in there write mind bites somone else? If i saw someone biting another man/female,id slap them and put them in time out.If they want to bite another person like an infant, treat them like one.
  • 2anastasia January 27, 2011 at 3:11pm
    That sewer gold thing is kinda interesting, I guess it shows you how many times people do drop their jewlery down the sewer, sinks, or toilets.
  • 4 Nick January 27, 2011 at 10:24am
    why does antarctica have an area code?
  • 4Lindsey January 27, 2011 at 10:18am

    can i claim antartica? i would love to own a continent. even if its a frozen wasteland.

    populatoin penguins. totally.

  • 3Teresa January 27, 2011 at 9:52am
    really??? i think kids were the ones biting other kids or something because.. like try to picture a grown person biting another person........weird image
  • 3brittany January 27, 2011 at 9:49am
    1,600 people bitten by others??!! oh god.
  • 2austinfred January 27, 2011 at 9:02am
    creepy ppl i wonder if random ppl just bite ppl thats weird and i declare i wown antaritca and its new name is random cold place that no one wants but me
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