100 pantyhose pics - part LXXVI
 

pantyhose and geography lessons

More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.

The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen supply.

The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States.

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Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica.
This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world.
As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert;
the average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.
Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.),
Antarctica is the driest place on the planet,
with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

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Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.

There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is manmade.

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The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn
in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.

The first city to reach a population of 1 million people
was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C.
There is a city called Rome on every continent.

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The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world
is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M).
It is located in the city of Rome, Italy,
has an area of two tennis courts and, as of 2001, has a population of 80
-- 20 less people than the Vatican.
It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.

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The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s
who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city.
Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple.

There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland;
more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy;
and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.

Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits'.

80
 

Chances that a road is unpaved:
in the U.S.A. = 1%;
in Canada = 75%


The Eisenhower interstate system requires
that one mile in every five must be straight.
These straight sections are usable as airstrips
in times of war or other emergencies.

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The water of Angel Falls (the world's highest) in Venezuela
drops 3,212 feet (979 meters).
They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.

100
 

I have always said, you should learn something new every day.
Unfortunately, many of us are at that age where what we learn today, we forget tomorrow.


But, give it a shot anyway.