I’ve never heard boogie-woogie played better than this…
10 Interesting Facts About Chile
- Chile’s Atacama Desert, at 7,500 feet above sea level, is the world’s driest place. It is also the world’s oldest desert.
- A few truly “groundbreaking” statistics: Chile has 2,300 volcanoes (many of them active). And the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, measuring 9.5 on the Richter Scale, struck the country in 1960.
- Astronomers love it. Because of its ideal location, the largest telescope in the world is being built in Chile.
- Chile has great wine – and a lot of it. With more than 100 wineries, Chile is the 5thlargest exporter and the 9thlargest producer of wine in the world. Wine was introduced to Chile in the 16thcentury by the conquistadores.
- It’s a good place if you don’t like snakes. Chile has only two species of poisonous snakes, and they are small and relatively harmless.
- It is the longest country in the world, with 6,500 kilometers (2,653 miles) ofPacific coast. But it’s also very narrow, with a maximum width of only 200 kilometers.
- It competes with Egypt in mummies. Nearly 300 mummies have been recovered in Chile. One of them, the mummy of a young girl, is said to be the oldest ever found, dating from 5,050 BC.
- It is home to 5 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the wooden Jesuit churches of Chiloé, the historic quarter of Valparaiso, the Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, Rapa Nui National Park, and the Sewel mining town.
- It boasts the world’s largest swimming pool. In Algarrobo City – 1,000 yards long, with an area of 20 acres and a maximum depth of 115 feet, it holds 66 million gallons of water.
- Some call Chile the land of poets. Two Nobel Prize winning poets are from Chile: Gabriel Mistral (1945) and Pablo Neruda (1971).
A Few Photos From Our Trip
Photo #1: Valparaiso
Photo #2: The Atacama Desert
Photo #3: The Atacama Desert
Photo #4: The Central Market in Santiago
Your hair falls out faster if you are on a crash diet.
“The Career Advantages of Taking a Dump on Joan Didion” LINK
Justice was voted “Word of the Year” by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary in 2018. The publisher said the word was looked up on its website 74% more in 2018 than in 2017.
Do Students Really Prefer Socialism?.- I’ve read polls that suggest as many as 50% of US college students favor Socialism over Capitalism. That is not entirely surprising. When I was in college (1969 to 1973), the rate was probably about the same.
When you are in the later stage of your rebellious phase, carving out a radical view of the world is fun and exciting. In my day, though, for the most part we understood what Socialism meant: the forceful redistribution of wealth in hopes of making the world more fair. Today, they have a different idea. They believe that wealthy people acquire their wealth through inheritance, exploitation, and buying and selling stocks – not through risk and hard work.
In 2018, McDonald’s generated almost $6 billion of net income serving around 68 million customers per day.
I’ve watched this twice and I cannot believe that this woman is 80 years old…You won’t believe it either.
Homo sapiens have had dogs as pets since prehistoric times.