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MEN OCCASIONALLY STUMBLE UPON THE TRUTH. BUT MOST PICK THEMSELVES UP AND HURRY OFF AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED.~Winston Churchill
 ALL MEN MUST STUMBLE OFTEN TO REACH THE TRUTH~Og Mandino
KEEP ON GOING AND THE CHANCES ARE YOU WILL STUMBLE ON SOMETHING, PERHAPS WHEN YOU ARE LEAST EXPECTING IT. Charles F. Kettering
A STUMBLE MAY PREVENT A FALL. English Proverb
REMEMBER, WE ALL STUMBLE, EVERY ONE OF US. THAT'S WHY IT'S A COMFORT TO GO HAND IN HAND.~Emily Kimbrough

  • 20 world geography facts that might surprise you |...

    Rated Apr 30 2008 • 90 reviews • travel, bizarre • bootsnall.com

    World Facts


    1 Portland, Oregon, where it rarely snows, is about 130 miles farther north than Toronto, and over 200 miles farther north than Boston.
    2 On France's southern Mediterranean coast, Cannes, the sunny summer playground of the rich, which is sometimes incorrectly called `tropical', is about 10 miles farther north than Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    3 Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Cape Town, and Sydney are each thousands of miles apart and are known for having unusually pleasant year-round climates, and they are all almost identical distances from the Equator.

    4 San Francisco and Melbourne, Australia are both known for mild and fast-changing climates, and they are identical distances from the Equator.

    5 Estcourt Station with a population of 4 is in the northernmost tip of Maine, and it sounds like it's probably snowed-in all winter, and yet London, England is still almost 300 miles farther north.

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