Monday, August 17, 2009
Houndstooth
The popular houndstooth textile pattern was invented in 1893 in a weaver's workshop above the Houndstooth Pub, in New York's Garment District.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Heads Up!
A single drop of water, falling from the top of the Empire State Building, carries with it enough force to knock a person unconscious if striking him or her on the head.
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Seeing a Pattern (Reprise)
Canada de la Sabana de la Batata, in the Dominican Republic, is the longest-named place in the world with alternating consonants and vowels. The longest name in which the name is only one word is Nekatitaranagahawewa, which is located in Sri Lanka.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Seeing a Pattern
The longest named place in the United States with a repeating vowel-consonant-vowel-consonant pattern is Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, with ten letters. There are nine places tied for the shortest, all of which have eight letters.
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