Trivia for Squiggle #XLIV
OK, Scott's a lazy-ass...instead of making up for all the trivialessness in the past month, I'm just going to consider that period of time my 'season in the abyss'...thus, here is the latest installment of Trivia for Squiggle...and what better day to bring it back than the sixth of the month? We're going back to once a week for now as I really don't have much internet time at work and as I've mentioned previously, the internet's been acting a bit dodgy at home...which limits my availability to blog...but I'm working on that. Today's issue of Trivia for Squiggle contains useless weird tidbits of information about geography! Sorry if there are any repeats (I don't think there are though)...I'm tired...
1076. In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks.
1077. Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from "navel" which is levan spelt backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah.
1078. One of the steepest main streets in Canada is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of two blocks the street rises about 80 feet.
1079. The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It has an incline of 38%.
1080. The American Airlines Center in Dallas has more toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the country.
1081. The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China.
1082. The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. It was first erected as "Hollywoodland."
1083. The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses.
1084. The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum which is located in Wisconsin has the biggest collection of prepared mustards. They have approximately 4,000 different jars and tubes from all over the world.
1085. The North of Scotland's oldest inhabited castle is Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye.
1086. The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles.
1087. The average stay for a prisoner on Alcatraz, when it was used as a prison, was five years.
1088. The deepest cave in the world is the "Lamprechtsofen-Vogelshacht" cave which can be found in Salzburg, Austria. The cave is 5,354 feet deep.
1089. The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower.
1090. The largest school in the world is City Montessori School in India and has over 25,000 students in grade levels ranging from kindergarten to college.
1091. The largest wedding chapel in Las Vegas is the Viva Las Vegas Chapel, which can seat 100 people.
1092. The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
1093. The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA.
1094. The world's largest bullfighting ring is in Mexico City. The "Plaza de Toros" opened in 1946 and has a seating capacity of about fifty thousand people.
1095. The world's widest road is the Monumental Axis in Brazil, where 160 cars can drive side by side.
1096. The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building.
1097. There are places in Saskatchewan called Elbow, Eyebrow, and Drinkwater.
1098. There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to pave a two lane highway from San Francisco to New York.
1099. There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal "markers" to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station.
1100. Tomatina is the legendary Spanish tomato-throwing festival held in Bunol, Spain.
"Pick and peel it off this dried up skin
Strip it away this flesh and gore
Open it up the stink of your sin
Was it holy as you hoped at the heart at the core?"
Mortiis, "The Worst in Me"
1076. In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks.
1077. Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from "navel" which is levan spelt backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah.
1078. One of the steepest main streets in Canada is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of two blocks the street rises about 80 feet.
1079. The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It has an incline of 38%.
1080. The American Airlines Center in Dallas has more toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the country.
1081. The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China.
1082. The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. It was first erected as "Hollywoodland."
1083. The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses.
1084. The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum which is located in Wisconsin has the biggest collection of prepared mustards. They have approximately 4,000 different jars and tubes from all over the world.
1085. The North of Scotland's oldest inhabited castle is Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye.
1086. The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles.
1087. The average stay for a prisoner on Alcatraz, when it was used as a prison, was five years.
1088. The deepest cave in the world is the "Lamprechtsofen-Vogelshacht" cave which can be found in Salzburg, Austria. The cave is 5,354 feet deep.
1089. The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower.
1090. The largest school in the world is City Montessori School in India and has over 25,000 students in grade levels ranging from kindergarten to college.
1091. The largest wedding chapel in Las Vegas is the Viva Las Vegas Chapel, which can seat 100 people.
1092. The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
1093. The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA.
1094. The world's largest bullfighting ring is in Mexico City. The "Plaza de Toros" opened in 1946 and has a seating capacity of about fifty thousand people.
1095. The world's widest road is the Monumental Axis in Brazil, where 160 cars can drive side by side.
1096. The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building.
1097. There are places in Saskatchewan called Elbow, Eyebrow, and Drinkwater.
1098. There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to pave a two lane highway from San Francisco to New York.
1099. There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal "markers" to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station.
1100. Tomatina is the legendary Spanish tomato-throwing festival held in Bunol, Spain.
"Pick and peel it off this dried up skin
Strip it away this flesh and gore
Open it up the stink of your sin
Was it holy as you hoped at the heart at the core?"
Mortiis, "The Worst in Me"
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