Miscellaneous

Bizarre Fact #321:
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The translucent roof is 50 meters high at the center and strong enough to support a jumbo jet.

Bizarre Fact #322:
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The U.S standard railroad gauge (distance between rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches.

Bizarre Fact #323:
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The U.S. Library of Congress has compiled a 232-source bibliography on the subject of when, properly speaking, centuries roll over. Almost all of the sources agree that the twentieth century does not end until December 31, 2000.

Bizarre Fact #324:
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The U.S. Library of Congress has compiled a 232-source bibliography on the subject of when, properly speaking, centuries roll over. Almost all of the sources agree that the twentieth century will not end until December 31, 2000.

Bizarre Fact #325:
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The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Bizarre Fact #326:
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The use of telephone answering machines became popular in 1974.

Bizarre Fact #327:
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There are 225 spaces on a Scrabble board.

Bizarre Fact #328:
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There are 52 cards in a standard deck and there are 52 weeks in a year. There are 4 suits in a deck of cards and 4 seasons in a year. If you add the values of all the cards in a deck (jack=11 queen=12, etc.) you get a total of 365 the same as the number of days in a year.

Bizarre Fact #329:
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There are 6,272,640 square inches in an acre.

Bizarre Fact #330:
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There are 63,360 inches in a mile.