Fairly Useless Facts - 2

The Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United States. It was founded as early as 1100 AD.

http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=357&ResourceType=District http://www.newmexico.org/place/loc/cities/page/DB-place/place/159.html

With a population of over 31 million people, it appears that Chongging, China has become the fastest growing metropolitan area in the world. It’s growing at a rate of a half a million people a year.

http://travel.guardian.co.uk/countries/story/0,,1731346,00.html

“Typewriter” is not the only long word that can be typed on only the top row of a QWERTY keyboard. Others common words include “repertoire”, “proprietor” and “perpetuity”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_English_words

The world’s oldest living tree is a bristlecone pine growing in the White Mountains of California. Named Methuselah, it’s been growing for over 4,700 years. Well, actually there’s one older than that, but Methuselah has demanded top billing…

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Paleoclimatology_CloseUp/

Major league baseballs are covered with two figure eight shaped pieces of special cowhide that are sewn together by hand with 88 inches of waxed red thread using 108 stitches.

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Baseball.html

The largest earthquake recorded since 1900 occurred on May 22, 1960 in Chile. It registered 9.5 on the Richter Scale. The monster that hit Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 28, 1964, ranks number two at a 9.2.

http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/worldearthquakes.html

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/world/1960_05_22.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1964_03_28.php

World-wide, there are more than 3 million lightening flashes every day (a combination of both cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground strikes). That’s more than 30 flashes every second!

http://www.ucar.edu/research/storms/lightning.shtml

The population of the U.S. increases by one person every 10 seconds. This takes into account births, deaths and immigration.

http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html

Bubble Wrap was created accidentally when two engineers – Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding – were trying to make a plastic textured wallpaper with a paper backing. (Note: “Bubble Wrap” is a registered trademark of the Sealed Air Corporation.)

http://www.bubblewrap.com/corp/faq.html#bubble

For a bit of stress relieving virtual popping, go here:

http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml

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