Sunday, June 18, 2006

Little known Facts

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.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter
is uncopyrightable.

In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services
(two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the
other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every
letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twx
communications)

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1 Comments:

Lucky Star said...

Fascinating!!!

11:09 PM

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