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 Posted: 05/12/04 - 10:56 Post subject:
Was wondering the population of Lake Wobegon, MN, and of that how many are cavemen 
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 10:56 Post subject:
| Laurie Ellen wrote: | | Number of cows eaten last year? |
27,000,000,000 pounds of beef were consumed last year.
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bpdou
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 11:01 Post subject:
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
defense
will it tell us who's got the lowest defense budget worldwide?
world history
What was the time span of the Ottoman Empire?
historical figures
ummm... ok I give up
arts and media
where and when was the first television broadcast station?
religion
what's the largest religion in the world? what's second and third?
what's the third largest religion in the US?
nobel prizes
who won last year for peace?
bridges, buildings and tunnels
what's the world's longest tunnel? the chunnel?
that should keep ya busy... if you like. answer what you're interested in... 
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copteacher
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 11:04 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | Was wondering the population of Lake Wobegon, MN, and of that how many are cavemen |
population=less than 5k, that is all the publish is >= 5k. As far as cavemen 
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Sahara
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 11:16 Post subject:
What are the top three imports of Iraq?
What are the top three imports of Costa Rica?
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copteacher
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 11:19 Post subject:
too many to look up so here are my answers 
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
very high. That place is a hole 
actually it is not listed
defense
will it tell us who's got the lowest defense budget worldwide?
The Vatican. Military protection is by the Swiss. (a neutral country?)
world history
What was the time span of the Ottoman Empire?
very long time
historical figures
ummm... ok I give up
arts and media
where and when was the first television broadcast station?
looked this one up to, to be sure
| Quote: | | On January 23, 1926, John Logie Baird (of Scotland) gave the world's first public demonstration of a mechanical television apparatus to approximately 40 members of the Royal Institution at his laboratory on Frith Street. These were images of living human faces, not outlines or silhouettes, with complete tonal gradations of light and shade |
religion
what's the largest religion in the world? what's second and third?
Christianity
Islam
Hindu
what's the third largest religion in the US?
nobel prizes
who won last year for peace?
2002-Jimmy Carter (do not know for 2003)
bridges, buildings and tunnels
what's the world's longest tunnel? the chunnel?
I looked this one up
Chunnel is #2, 31.04 miles
#1 is in Japan 33.5 miles
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 11:37 Post subject:
What are the top three imports of Iraq?
Right now a lot of bullets from the Americans are coming their way.
only has their top partners
1. France
2. Australia
3. China
What are the top three imports of Costa Rica?
imports except tourism
exports=microchips, coffee, fruit
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bpdou
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 11:41 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | too many to look up so here are my answers
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
very high. That place is a hole
actually it is not listed
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 um... that's being kind...
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genie
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 12:18 Post subject:
| bpdou wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | too many to look up so here are my answers
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
very high. That place is a hole
actually it is not listed
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um... that's being kind... |
Yeah, I know where it ranks on the UNBEARABLE STENCH list....right behind I-95 in Philly....
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bpdou
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 14:09 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | too many to look up so here are my answers
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
very high. That place is a hole
actually it is not listed
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um... that's being kind... |
Yeah, I know where it ranks on the UNBEARABLE STENCH list....right behind I-95 in Philly.... |
And it's gotten BETTER...
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genie
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 14:18 Post subject:
| bpdou wrote: | | genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | too many to look up so here are my answers
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
very high. That place is a hole
actually it is not listed
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um... that's being kind... |
Yeah, I know where it ranks on the UNBEARABLE STENCH list....right behind I-95 in Philly.... |
And it's gotten BETTER... |
It wasn't smelling so BETTER when I got stuck there for over an hour in rush hour traffic going into Chicago last May 
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 14:23 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | too many to look up so here are my answers
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
very high. That place is a hole
actually it is not listed
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um... that's being kind... |
Yeah, I know where it ranks on the UNBEARABLE STENCH list....right behind I-95 in Philly.... |
And it's gotten BETTER... |
It wasn't smelling so BETTER when I got stuck there for over an hour in rush hour traffic going into Chicago last May |
They've never been able to figure out which is worse - your plane crashing as you come into Chicago for a weekend, or your plane crashing when you're leaving Chicago after a weekend.
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bpdou
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 14:23 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | too many to look up so here are my answers
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
very high. That place is a hole
actually it is not listed
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um... that's being kind... |
Yeah, I know where it ranks on the UNBEARABLE STENCH list....right behind I-95 in Philly.... |
And it's gotten BETTER... |
IT wasn't smelling so BETTER when I got stuck there for over an hour in rush hour traffic going into Chicago last May |
Uh huh actually Ripley's Believe IT or Not, IT is! When I was a kid and we used to drive from South Bend to Chicago through Gary... You couldn't SEE the factories for the acrid yellow sulfur-laden smoke that hung in the air. It'd be a sunny day then it would get SOOOOOO dark...
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genie
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 14:25 Post subject:
| bpdou wrote: | | genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | too many to look up so here are my answers
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
very high. That place is a hole
actually it is not listed
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um... that's being kind... |
Yeah, I know where it ranks on the UNBEARABLE STENCH list....right behind I-95 in Philly.... |
And it's gotten BETTER... |
IT wasn't smelling so BETTER when I got stuck there for over an hour in rush hour traffic going into Chicago last May |
Uh huh actually Ripley's Believe IT or Not, IT is! When I was a kid and we used to drive from South Bend to Chicago through Gary... You couldn't SEE the factories for the acrid yellow sulfur-laden smoke that hung in the air. It'd be a sunny day then it would get SOOOOOO dark... |
Makes you wonder what all the kids that live in the area look like 
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bpdou
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 14:29 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | genie wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | too many to look up so here are my answers
crime
where's Gary, Indiana rank on the crime list?
very high. That place is a hole
actually it is not listed
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um... that's being kind... |
Yeah, I know where it ranks on the UNBEARABLE STENCH list....right behind I-95 in Philly.... |
And it's gotten BETTER... |
IT wasn't smelling so BETTER when I got stuck there for over an hour in rush hour traffic going into Chicago last May |
Uh huh actually Ripley's Believe IT or Not, IT is! When I was a kid and we used to drive from South Bend to Chicago through Gary... You couldn't SEE the factories for the acrid yellow sulfur-laden smoke that hung in the air. It'd be a sunny day then it would get SOOOOOO dark... |
Makes you wonder what all the kids that live in the area look like |
'Splains the homocide capital moniker tho, don't it? My brother was born in Hammond a few miles down the coast... I'll send you his picture. You'll understand.
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