Time to learn something!
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. Click on "Random article" in the left-hand sidebar box.
3. Post it!
Here's what turned up today:
The 1977 San Juan earthquake was a major seismic movement that took place in the province of San Juan, Argentina, on 23 November 1977, at 09:26:23 AM. It recorded magnitude 7.4 in the Richter scale. Its epicenter was at , and at a depth of 17 km. It was felt with grade IX in the Mercalli intensity scale.
The earthquake caused fatal victims and grave damages to buildings throughout the province, especially in the city of Caucete, where 65 people died. It also caused slight damage in the north of the Greater Mendoza metropolitan area.
I'm thinking hoping this one wasn't written by a native English speaker.
Fritz (dog)
Fritz is the name of the bull terrier who appears in all of Chris Van Allsburg's books. The author needed a model for the dog in his first book (The Garden of Abdul Gasazi) and convinced his brother-in-law to purchase a bull terrier. The real-life Fritz was named Winston. After Winston died, Chris Van Allsburg decided to include it in all of his books.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_%28dog%29"
who knew?
Posted by: Karan | November 15, 2006 at 01:47 PM