The cruise liner QE2 moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze solid.
It costs an average of $6,400 to raise a medium-sized dog to the age of 11.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
It's illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder in Massachusetts.
The San Francisco Cable Cars are the only mobile national monuments.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer."
Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.
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Rob L
posted 3/24/08 @ 2:39 PM PST
The QE2 does not move just 6 inches per gallon of diesel. She moves about 125 feet to a gallon at 20 knots - you are out by a factor of 250.
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