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 Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:49 pm
Geothermal energy currently provides more than 2,700 megawatts of electricity nationwide - the equivalent of three nuclear power plants, or enough to power more than 3.5 million homes. A geothermal power plant emits no nitrogen oxides, very few sulfur dioxides and 1,000 to 2,000 times less carbon dioxide than a fossil fuel plant.
Poke i was totally gonna put htat speaker of the house one!!
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:49 pm
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:49 pm
An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:50 pm
The loudest sound that could be made in 1600 was that of a pipe organ.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:51 pm
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:51 pm
Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:52 pm
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:52 pm
Although bourbon is Kentucky's leading export and its production directly employs thousands of people, it is illegal to buy the product in the very counties in which it is produced. They are all, to this day, still dry.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:53 pm
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:53 pm
Almonds are members of the peach family.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:54 pm
Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:54 pm
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:55 pm
When the Black Death swept across England one theory was that cats caused the plague. Thousands were slaughtered. Ironically, those that kept their cats were less affected, because they kept their houses clear of the real culprits, rats.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:55 pm
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:56 pm
When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
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