The Amazon River is by far the largest, by average discharge (cubic meters per second). It is over 5X larger than the 2nd largest, the Congo.
Water directly from the Amazon River is safe to drink. There is such a huge volume of water, constantly recharged, the pathogen count would meet the standard for municipal drinking water.
(It looks to me like Saint Cad’s Pareto Principle was left dangling. I’ll try to patch things up.)
Amazon.com’s Twelve Leadership Principles are supplemented with The Sayings of Chairman Bezos which include observations like:
If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, the team is too large.
The world’s largest pizza was created by a team of Italian chefs in December 2012. The pizza measured 131 feet in diameter, weighed over 51,000 pounds, and contained 19,800 pounds of flour, 10,000 pounds of tomato sauce, 8800 pounds of mozzarella cheese, 1488 pounds of margarine, 551 pounds of salt, 420 lbs of vegetable oil, 220 pounds of lettuce and 55 pounds of vinegar, but no pepperoni. The pizza took over 48 hours to bake and was entirely gluten-free.
It wasn’t left dangling. I saw no connection between the two plays. I asked but s/he didn’t reply.
Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second. That is an average of 46 slices (23 pounds) per year for every man, woman and child in America.
Thatsa lotta pizza!
A survey township is simply a geographic reference used to define property location for deeds and grants as surveyed and platted by the General Land Office (GLO). A survey township is nominally six by six miles square, or 23,040 acres.
Townships are normally a square approximately six miles (9.7 km) on a side with cardinal boundaries conforming to meridians and parallels, containing 36 sections of one square mile (or 640 acres) each.
Surveying of townships in the U.S. is based on the U.S. Statute Mile, which is about 3 millimeters longer than the International Mile.
Only eleven states stilll use the 36-squiare mile township as a standard division of jurisdiction. Townships take a different form in the New England states, and a few states still have partial township divisions, or have used them in the past.
Prime Minister RB Bennett was Prime Minster no. eleven of Canada. He was elected just in time for the Great Depression and was turfed out after one term. In addition to his ineffectual attempts to deal with the Depression, it didn’t help his popularity that he was a very wealthy man while people were standing in souplines. In fact, he had made money on the Stock Market Crash of 1929, by working out that a major “correction” was likely. He sold most of his holdings at the height of the market, then re-purchased after the Crash, at the new heavily de-valued stock prices.
After his electoral defeat, he retired to Britain and was given a Viscountcy by the King. He died in his bath and is buried in England.
From Sir John A. Macdonald on 01 July 1867 to Justin Trudeau today there have been 23 different Prime Ministers of Canada. To date, Kim Campbell has been the only female Prime Minister. She served from 25 June to 04 November 1993. Canadian humorist Will Ferguson said about Campbell, “taking over the party leadership from Brian (Mulroney, the previous Prime Minister) was a lot like taking over the controls of a 747 just before it plunges into the Rockies.”
Harry Ferguson was the son of an Irish farmer, who got involved in early bicycle and auto technology and early aircraft, and formed a farm equipment company. Through several mergers, his name became a part of a corporate brand through various mergers with Ford, Standard, and Massey-Harris.
Vincent Massey was the first Canadian to serve as Governor General of Canada. All the previous GovsGen had been British, usually nobility, and some connected to the Royal Family.
It was a ninja. It was meant to link to “20%” in the post above. My own fault for taking to long to post.
In play:
Colin Ferguson starred in Eureka and now does Maytag commercials.
ETA: Fuck!!! Again?!!!
Actually still works
Colin Ferguson was born in Canada and starred in Eureka and now does Maytag commercials.
The great grandson of Maytag Corporation founder Frederick Louis Maytag, Frederick Louis “Fritz” Maytag III, helped to save microbreweries in the United States. Fritz bought the ailing San Francisco’ Anchor Brewing Company in 1965 when he heard it was about to close its doors. Fritz was looking to do “something serious” with his life and he revived the company. To this day, every bottle of Anchor Steam beer, and of all flavors brewed by the company, are made at its San Francisco location.
The tour of Anchor Brewing Company is free, has free tastings, and also offers some history of San Francisco. Take the second of the two tours each day. That way your tasting sessions can last longer because you don’t have to leave for the next tour. Call and reserve early, though. They book out months ahead.
Well I just checked and it used to be free - it was free earlier this year when I (finally!) took their tour. Now it’s $15 per person and reservations are done online instead of by phone: CellarPass
The one-hit wonder group Steam, known only for their song “Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)” was an ad hoc group of studio musicians hired to perform the song. Songwriter Paul Leka actually was there to record another song, and needed something for the B-Side. He started playing an old song he had written before, and, because the lyrics were not completed, sang “Na Na Hey Hey” as a placeholder. The song became an unexpected hit (the picture of the group on the single were some musicians who had nothing to do with the record).
Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer were from Bridgeport, Connecticut. They recorded Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye in only one recording session. It reached #1 for two weeks 46 years ago in December 1969. By the beginning of the 21st century, sales of Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye had exceeded 6.5 million records.
The chemical element Sodium (Na) was not isolated until 1807 by Sir Humphry Davy through the electrolysis of sodium hydroxide
Sodium (Na) metal spontaneously ignites in water, and at room temperature it is soft enough to cut it with a butter knife.
Beurre Rose is a cultured milk butter produced in Luxembourg under the Marque nationale of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and has Protected Designation of Origin classification