FACTS about your Country, City or State...
By MySpot
@MySpot (2600)
United States
November 7, 2006 5:01pm CST
Is the place you live famous for anything? Historic icons? Inventions? Celebrities?
I'm from Ohio and here are some things I've learned about my Home State;
Famous natives and residents:
Neil Armstrong, astronaut
George Bellows, painter and lithographer
George Armstrong Custer, army officer
Doris Day, singer and actress
Hugh Downs, TV broadcaster
Thomas A. Edison, inventor
Clark Gable, actor
James A. Garfield, president
John Glenn, astronaut and senator
Ulysses S. Grant, president
Warren G. Harding, president
Rutherford Hayes, president
Benjamin Harrison, president
William Dean Howells, novelist and critic
Zane Grey, author
Robert Henri, painter
Dean Martin, singer and actor
William McKinley, president
Paul Newman, actor
Jack Nicklaus, golfer
Annie Oakley, markswoman
Judith Resnik, astronaut
Roy Rogers, actor and singer
Gloria Steinem, feminist
William H. Taft, president
Tecumseh Shawnee, Indian chief
Lowell Thomas, explorer and commentator
James Thurber, author and cartoonist
Orville Wright, inventor
Cy Young, baseball player
Ernest H. Volwiler, inventor
Steven Spielberg, director and screenwriter
Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson
Motto: With God all things are possible
State symbols:
flower~ scarlet carnation
tree~ buckeye
bird~ cardinal
insect~ ladybug
gemstone~ flint
song~ “Beautiful Ohio”
beverage~ tomato juice
fossil~ trilobite
animal~ white-tailed deer
wildflower~ large white trillium
Please share some interesting facts or exciting discoveries about the place you call home.
1 response
@rohitkjain (401)
• India
7 Nov 06
Bikaner is a city in north-western Rajasthan state in western India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District. It was formerly the capital of the princely state of Bikaner. One of the most famous landmarks of Bikaner is Deshnokh Temple, a temple where rats roam around freely, and spotting a white rat is considered lucky. The Bikaner city was founded by Rao Bikaji under guardianship of his uncle Rao Kandhal in 1486 and it progressed from small place to big city of the western desert. The Gang canal, and the Indira Gandhi Canal has changed the area. The city has diversified industrially. Bikaner wool, gypsum, plaster of Paris, and bentonite are few minerals found in abundant around Bikaner
Geography
Bikaner is located at 28.02° N 73.3° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 243 metres (797 feet).
[edit] Climate
Bikaner situated in the midst of the desert with very little rainfall and extreme temperatures. In summer temperature exceeds 45 °C and during winter it dips to freezing point. The coordinates for Bikaner, India are 28°3’N, 73°12’E, and its altitude is 750 ft.
[edit] Animals
There is little life; there is some shrubbery in the spring. The animals that live in Bikaner, India are either those who can burrow underground and come up during nights and winter or those who can withstand extreme heat and cold such as camels.
There are lots of species of deer in the vicinity of Bikaner.
Source - wikipedia
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@MySpot (2600)
• United States
25 Nov 06
Good to see someone knows or cares to know!
Thanks for joining my discussion : )
