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• Guinness Book of World Records Engineering Feats
   

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Guinness Book of World Engineering Feats
I received an email recently and it caused me to do some more research to find out exactly where the information was obtained.  I learned it came from the Guinness Book of World Records Engineering Feats.  Below are some of these amazing pictures.

• American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class
   
• The average cruise ship burns approximately 1 gallon of fuel to move just 6 inches
   
• The abbreviation ORD for Chicago's O'Hare airport comes from the old name "Orchard Field." ( ORcharD)
   
• In Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, it is customary for the streets to be blocked off on Christmas eve so that  people can roller skate to church
   
• While Warsaw, Poland has the largest Polish population, Chicago, Illinois boasts of having the world's second largest number of Polish residents.  One out of every ten Chicagoans can claim Polish Ancestry.
   
• In which country does the McDonald's restaurant chain serve apricot pies instead of cherry?   New Zealand
   
• The zoo in Tokyo closes for two months of the year so the animals can have a holiday from visitors
   
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 180 feet tall and now tipped over 16 feet to one side. Scientists estimate that it has approximately 100 years left before it collapses
   
• In Iceland people are listed alphabetically by their first name in the phone book. Icelanders regard the first name as the "real" name. The last name of a person is rarely used to identify a person.
   
• Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969
   
• Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult
   
• The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders
   
• The city of Chicago has the only post office in the world where you can drive your car through
   
• The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia
   
• Every guest at the Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki, Kenya, crosses the Equator to get from the entrance of the main building to the restaurants.  To prove that this is truly the Equator, the Club invites guests to a demonstration.  On one side of the line (the north), they watch water flow clockwise through a hole, while on the south side they watch water flow counter-clockwise. 
   
• During World War One, the future Pope John XXIII was a sergeant in the Italian Army
   
• It is a criminal offense to drive around in a dirty car in Russia
   
• Dublin is home of the Fairy Investigation Society.
   
• People in Siberia often buy milk frozen on a stick
   
• The Imperial Throne of Japan has been occupied by the same family for the last 1300 years
   
• Earth is the only planet not named after a God
   
• In the north of Norway, the sun shines constantly for about 14 weeks each summer.