Discussion: Facts about your city or country

J a y

London's Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic.
The world's first modern Olympic Games were not held in Athens in 1896, but in Much Wenlock, Shropshire in 1850.
Public schools in England are in fact very exclusive and expensive (£13,000/year). State schools are free.
Chicken Tikka Masala is the United Kingdom's most popular restaurant dish, not fish 'n chips.
The United States of America's national anthem was composed by an Englishman.
The world's oldest public zoo opened in London on April 27 in 1828.
Oxford University once had a rule that forbade students from bringing bows and arrows into class.
French was the official language of England for about 300 years, from 1066-1362.
The first fish 'n chip restaurant was opened in 1860 by a Jewish immigrant.
Mathematician Thomas Hariot invented the symbols for "less is than" (<) and "is greater than" (>).

Bore us with your facts.

KESTER

London's Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic.
The world's first modern Olympic Games were not held in Athens in 1896, but in Much Wenlock, Shropshire in 1850.
Public schools in England are in fact very exclusive and expensive (£13,000/year). State schools are free.
Chicken Tikka Masala is the United Kingdom's most popular restaurant dish, not fish 'n chips.
The United States of America's national anthem was composed by an Englishman.
The world's oldest public zoo opened in London on April 27 in 1828.
Oxford University once had a rule that forbade students from bringing bows and arrows into class.
French was the official language of England for about 300 years, from 1066-1362.
The first fish 'n chip restaurant was opened in 1860 by a Jewish immigrant.
Mathematician Thomas Hariot invented the symbols for "less is than" (<) and "is greater than" (>).

tbh

Gavin.

Brothels are legal here

J a y

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Originally posted by Gavin4713

Brothels are legal here

The Netherlands? Germany?

QueenBeé

The only country that lands in both Europe and Asia.

Spyro

My town is the ONLY German town without traffic lights + we have the highest suicide rate

J a y

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Originally posted by Spyro

My town is the ONLY German town without traffic lights + we have the highest suicide rate

You've got to be joking

.:Allen:.

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Originally posted by Spyro

My town is the ONLY German town without traffic lights + we have the highest suicide rate

Congrats?

NYotov

My city is where the Cheryl Cole incident happened.

BlooRiverAnimal

So, I'm from New Jersey and I found out some neat things.

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New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.

New Jersey has the highest percent urban population in the U.S. with about 90% of the people living in an urban area.

North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in Newark then any other city. Even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA put together.

Picturesque Cape May holds the distinction of being the oldest seashore resort in the United States and one of the most unique.

New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the diner capital of the world.

Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Redman, Das EFX, Naughty by Nature, Sugar Hill Gang, Lords of the Underground, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa, Shaq, Judy Blume, Arron Burr, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Frank Sinatra, Grover Cleveland, all New Jersey natives.

Igrt

North Carolina

10th most populous state as of the last census.
Birthplace of Pepsi cola (New Bern 1898 Pepsi cans/bottles here have a 'Born in the Carolinas' emblem on them)
The Hunger games was filmed here last year, the new one unfortunately will NOT be filmed here
Charlotte (by population inside city limits) is the 17th LARGEST city in the US Raleigh is the 42nd, and was the fastest growing city of the last decade
Two different types of BBQ (Eastern style which is vinegar based, and Western Style, which is Tomato based)
Home to one of the first public funded universities, along with Georgia (UNC Chapel Hill)
Mt Mitchell, which is in the state's reddest county is the Highest point on the eastern half of the United states)

Notable things from North Carolina
Bojangles
Belk
Krispy Kreme
Pepsi
Texas Pete Hot Sauce
Cheerwine
Sundrop has a history here
UNC
Duke
Cook Out
Burt's Bees
Camel Cigarettes
Hardee's was established and headquartered in NC until becoming a part of Carl's Jr.

And here goes a blog I made last august:
http://atrl.net/forums/blog.php?b=10391

BUT it would already be redundant

Inner Insanity

We're the home of Spangler Candy Company HQ and also the home to Ohio Art.

Spyro

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Originally posted by J a y

You've got to be joking

Would I lie?

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Originally posted by .:Allen:.

Congrats?

Thanks

musicfan09

Can someone help me! I'm from PA.

Golden

The Netherlands
The Dutch are the tallest people in the world (men: 183.2 metres, women: 170.6 metres)
With 18 million bikes, the Netherlands has the highest bicycle density in the world.
There is no country in the world where more liquorice is consumed than in the Netherlands (on average 32 million kilos per year).
New York City started as Dutch colony called New Amsterdam.
The Netherlands has the highest population density (493 inhabitants per square km - water excluded) of any European country with over 1 million inhabitants. Worldwide, only Bangladesh and Taiwan, among major countries, have a higher density of population.
Prostitution is legal in the Netherlands. However, prostitutes must be at least 18, and clients must be at least 16.
Abortion on demand at any point between conception and viability has been legal since 1981.
The Dutch government has legalised same-sex marriages since 2001 and euthanasia since 2002.
Rotterdam is the largest haven in Europe.
Famous Dutch companies include: Philips, Unilever, Royal Dutch Shell, IKEA, ING and Heineken.
Orange-coloured carrots appeared in the Netherlands in the 16th century. Before that carrots were white, yellow, black, purple or red.
The Dutch were the first Europeans to discover Australia and New Zealand in the 17th century. Australia was then named New Holland. New Zealand is named after the province of Zeeland. Tasmania is named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman.
Soft drugs (e.g. cannabis, "magic mushrooms") are legal in the Netherlands. Only licenced "coffee shops" are allowed to sell such drugs, although people are allowed to grow cannabis at home for their personal use.

Jack. Bauer

My country is awesome.

There's so many facts you wouldn't believe it.

London's Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic.
The world's first modern Olympic Games were not held in Athens in 1896, but in Much Wenlock, Shropshire in 1850.
Public schools in England are in fact very exclusive and expensive (£13,000/year). State schools are free.
Chicken Tikka Masala is the United Kingdom's most popular restaurant dish, not fish 'n chips.
The United States of America's national anthem was composed by an Englishman.
The world's oldest public zoo opened in London on April 27 in 1828.
Oxford University once had a rule that forbade students from bringing bows and arrows into class.
French was the official language of England for about 300 years, from 1066-1362.
The first fish 'n chip restaurant was opened in 1860 by a Jewish immigrant.
Mathematician Thomas Hariot invented the symbols for "less is than" (<) and "is greater than" (>).

Igrt

More:

Although Andy Griffith was Liberal, the town of Mayberry (Mt. Airy) which was his show's setting is VEHEMENTLY conservative

Notable People (People who were born and/or raised in NC and people who live in NC):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...Carolina#Music

BlooRiverAnimal

Here's a few more:

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Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game monopoly

Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.

New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child abuse prevention workshops to every public school.

The first baseball game was played in Hoboken.

Modern paleontology, the science of studying dinosaur fossils, began in 1858 with the discovery of the first nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The Hadrosaurus is the official New Jersey state dinosaur.

Witchpop

My city birthed Lady Gaga, Azealia Banks.

We have the tallest building in the US

idk. It's New York City, you know a lot about it

princedonte

This sign hanged downtown which is where I live today

Also in the 1990's there were people who burned down black churches which started racial tension

On a more postie side World War II hero and Actor Audie Murphy grew up in my town

Also the Texan sign used in Selena Gomez's movie Monte Carlo is in my town.. The Movie Boys Don't Cry which Hilary Swank won her first Oscar for was shot here.