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flyme2_themoon

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Oct 24, 2007 22:04

There are a few things that I am amazed by, some of which are:

1. Architecture, in particular that of older periods
2. Lighthouses
3. Nature, waterfalls in particular
4. Brains
5. Culture and Religion

So, it came as quite a surprise when i found out today that Niagara falls is neither a) the tallest waterfall b) the largest in water quantity. Actually ( Read more... )

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bubblegun October 24 2007, 12:42:57 UTC

lol @ u cus i already knew that~

flyme2_themoon October 24 2007, 12:53:41 UTC

:O HOW?

In school they told us Niagara was the largest :( *feels deprived of a good education*

bubblegun October 24 2007, 12:57:45 UTC

cus i have a brain

niagara i think is the widest? or something. prob largest in north america and that = the world to many people

flyme2_themoon October 24 2007, 13:37:03 UTC

No, it's not the widest. The one in Zimbabwe is wider.

neolgism October 24 2007, 13:48:25 UTC

Because Niagara Falls has two casinos on the Canadian side, where as those other two just have fucking trees. TREES! Who wants greenery when you can just flush better greenery away. Clearly, Angel and Victora = phail. Sorry.

flyme2_themoon October 24 2007, 14:38:04 UTC

bahah actually the Canadian side looks like a theme park.

i like trees...

si_fuller October 24 2007, 20:22:02 UTC

Niagra is the biggest because it's American. It is also a horrible lie that the biggest and most impressive part of Niagra falls is in Canada.

For something simmilar, try looking up womens' suffrage. Most sources printed in the US will say that Britain and the US gave women the vote at about the same time in 1920, and will note that women voted in Massachusetts briefly in the 1700s. It will totally ignore that New Zealand was the first nation to universally give women the vote in 1893, followed by a whole bunch of countries, and that by comparison the US really dragged its feet. And also that there were a whole bunch of precedents of women being allowed to vote on the same terms as men going back centuries before the US was founded.

flyme2_themoon October 25 2007, 07:16:31 UTC

hahah the suffrage thing i knew, because i was educated in New Zealand during primary school. However, I did have an argument with a teacher once regarding the topic. She was completely adamant that it was Australia that first granted women the vote, and wouldn't even hear me out!!