Sunday, September 2, 2007

9/1/07

* September already. Yikes.
* The Sears Tower contains enough telephone wiring to wrap around the earth 1.7 times and is built with enough steel to make 69,000 cars.
* Rhode Island was formed when Massachusetts kicked a bunch of people out.
* Abe Lincoln was 6'4" tall. Once when he was challenged to a duel, he chose military broad swords as the weapon because he thought it'd be funny.
* Illinois farmland goes for about $5,000 an acre.
* Cahokia housed what is considered to be the most civilized group of Native Americans north of Mexico.
* Al Capone ended up in Chicago after he killed a man in Brooklyn at the age of 22. He was also known for being an equal-opportunist. He worked with all races and nationalities because he thought he'd make more money.
* PT Barnum (of Barnum and Bailey circus) was a Connecticut state legislator.
* The first hamburger as we know it was served at Louis Lunch (pronounced "Louis' " -- which drives me crazy) in Connecticut.
(...ok, so I got distracted watching "The States" on the History Channel today.)

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