factoids

4:07 pm Wednesday

From gaming business guru David Edery, on the Freakonomics blog:

Consider the following: in 2003 alone, nine billion person-hours were spent playing the video game version of Solitaire — enough to create 500 Panama Canals.

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Wednesday July 11 2007    2 47 pm

Strange factoids, II

From Don Surber, with reference to the music at "Live Earth":

In fact, Pink Floyd's hit - "The Wall" - is as contemporary today as "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" was in 1969.
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Saturday January 20 2007    8 27 pm

Strange factoids, I

The Cowardly Lion costume in The Wizard of Oz film was made from real lions.

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