The RAND in RAND Corporation stands for research and development. http://bit.ly/10MaYu Thu, 02 Jul 2009
Virginia has only 88 primary care physicians for every 100,000 people. http://bit.ly/IdWdu Mon, 22 Jun 2009
Methods State Dept uses 2 dispose of their old armored cars: burial at sea, explosive demolition, burning, crushing, burial on federal land Mon, 15 Jun 2009
"20 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute" - http://bit.ly/12ybbT Mon, 08 Jun 2009
"In 1955, about 1 in 4 (22%) girls received 1 of the 10 most popular names. By 2007 it had dropped to only 8%." - http://bit.ly/oNnXa Thu, 28 May 2009
More Americans die from surgery complications each year than car accidents. (The New Yorker) Wed, 27 May 2009
the marshmallow was invented by the ancient egyptians. Wed, 27 May 2009
"American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008." [Via http://bit.ly/MWtSL] Tue, 26 May 2009
For security purposes Marine 1 never travels alone. 2 identical helicopters fly with it in a formation called The Shell Game. Tue, 26 May 2009
Pre-WW II there were 22 hitlers in the NYC phone book. Post WW II there were 0. Wed, 20 May 2009
The American Heart Association recommends pacing CPR to Bee Gee's song "Stayin' Alive". http://tinyurl.com/5ooeuk Mon, 18 May 2009
In japan there are women only cars on the subway because of problems with sexual assault. Sun, 17 May 2009
BLDG 31N @ Johnson Space Ctr that houses artifacts including NASA's moon rock collection is designed 2 withstand 1000yrs of water submersion Thu, 07 May 2009
at one point park avenue was for pedestrian traffic only. http://bit.ly/kGL1O Wed, 15 Apr 2009
America went from building 2 mil new housing units a year during the bubble to building fewer than 600,000. - http://tinyurl.com/dcqo4f Tue, 31 Mar 2009