The thread of useless facts
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Dharma1521
Soooo do I look as young as I look?
i will be a brain-dead robot with two beautiful children by the time it's all said and done.
At least you accomplished something, I will just be brain dead when its all said and done
At least you accomplished something, I will just be brain dead when its all said and done
let's don't jump the gun. i'm HOPING to be successful.
Useless trivia from the state I live in:
Eastport is the most eastern city in the United States. The city is considered the first place in the United States to receive the rays of the morning sun.
In Wilton there's a cannery that imports and cans only dandelion greens.
Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state.
Aroostook County at 6,453 square miles covers an area greater than the combined size of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Approximately 40 millions pounds (nearly 90 percent) of the nation's lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine.
Maine produces 99% of all the blueberries in the country making it the single largest producer of blueberries in the United States.
In 1641 America's first chartered city was York.
Acadia National Park is the second most visited national park in the United States.
West Quoddy Head is the most easterly point in the United States.
Augusta is the most eastern capital city in the United States.
Mount Katahdin is the state's highest point at 5,268 feet above sea level.
Togus was the first Veteran's Hospital in the United States. The facility was founded in 1866.
90% of the country's toothpick supply is produced in Maine.
Portland is the birthplace of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith stood up in the senate and gave the famous Declaration of Conscious speech, speaking out against the McCarthy era. Senator Smith was the first female presidential candidate.
Author Steven King is a resident of Bangor.
Former President George Bush has a summer home in Kennebunkport.
Freeport is the home to the L.L. Bean Company.
The skating scene in the movie "The Preacher's Wife" was filmed in Deering Oaks Park in Portland.
Maine lies farther northeast than any other state.
With a total area of 33,215 square miles the state covers nearly as many square miles as the other five New England states combined.
The state flower is the white pine cone and tassel.
The coastline boasts so many deep harbors it is thought all the navies in the world could anchor in them.
Maine lobsters have won international fame for their flavor and contribution to the culinary world.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was considered the most influential poet of his day. The writer was born in Portland, on February 2, 1807. His most popular works include "The Courtship of Miles Standish", "Evangeline" and "Hiawatha".
The nation's first sawmill was established near York in 1623.
The first ship build by English colonists in Americas was launched on the Kennebec River in 1607.
The first naval battle of the Revolutionary War was fought off Machias in 1775.
The honeybee is the official state insect.
Edmund S. Muskie became the first Democratic United States senator ever elected by popular vote in Maine. He was also elected governor for two terms. He was born in Rumford.
Maine's government entities are comprised of 16 counties with 22 cities, 435 towns, 33 plantations, 424 unorganized townships and 3 Indian reservations.
Eastport is the most eastern city in the United States. The city is considered the first place in the United States to receive the rays of the morning sun.
In Wilton there's a cannery that imports and cans only dandelion greens.
Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state.
Aroostook County at 6,453 square miles covers an area greater than the combined size of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Approximately 40 millions pounds (nearly 90 percent) of the nation's lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine.
Maine produces 99% of all the blueberries in the country making it the single largest producer of blueberries in the United States.
In 1641 America's first chartered city was York.
Acadia National Park is the second most visited national park in the United States.
West Quoddy Head is the most easterly point in the United States.
Augusta is the most eastern capital city in the United States.
Mount Katahdin is the state's highest point at 5,268 feet above sea level.
Togus was the first Veteran's Hospital in the United States. The facility was founded in 1866.
90% of the country's toothpick supply is produced in Maine.
Portland is the birthplace of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith stood up in the senate and gave the famous Declaration of Conscious speech, speaking out against the McCarthy era. Senator Smith was the first female presidential candidate.
Author Steven King is a resident of Bangor.
Former President George Bush has a summer home in Kennebunkport.
Freeport is the home to the L.L. Bean Company.
The skating scene in the movie "The Preacher's Wife" was filmed in Deering Oaks Park in Portland.
Maine lies farther northeast than any other state.
With a total area of 33,215 square miles the state covers nearly as many square miles as the other five New England states combined.
The state flower is the white pine cone and tassel.
The coastline boasts so many deep harbors it is thought all the navies in the world could anchor in them.
Maine lobsters have won international fame for their flavor and contribution to the culinary world.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was considered the most influential poet of his day. The writer was born in Portland, on February 2, 1807. His most popular works include "The Courtship of Miles Standish", "Evangeline" and "Hiawatha".
The nation's first sawmill was established near York in 1623.
The first ship build by English colonists in Americas was launched on the Kennebec River in 1607.
The first naval battle of the Revolutionary War was fought off Machias in 1775.
The honeybee is the official state insect.
Edmund S. Muskie became the first Democratic United States senator ever elected by popular vote in Maine. He was also elected governor for two terms. He was born in Rumford.
Maine's government entities are comprised of 16 counties with 22 cities, 435 towns, 33 plantations, 424 unorganized townships and 3 Indian reservations.
Well it's certainly not liek Spange would felch and snowball that with thorn. She shutters at the word "moist" for gosh sakes.
snowball is kissing someone after they've completed fellating you....and they didn't swallow nor did they spit
Not 100% sure what felching is, so I'll leave that to him to explain.