HARDminute Factoids...first 25 postings

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1. Brand values
2. Company values
3. Best selling books
4. Number of movie screens
5. TV channels
6. Number of Universities
7. Dangerous mountains
8. Most expensive office space
9. Most expensive retail space
10. Most number of skyscrapers
11. Tallest statues
12. Tallest structures
13. Largest bankruptcies
14. Oil reserves
15. Oil import and exports
16. Expensive case to operate
17. Economical cars to operate
18. Wheat production
19. Longest reigning monarchs
20. Coffee drinking nations
21. Longest rivers
22. Social networks
23. City populations
24. Number of airports
25. Boeing 767

HARDminute factoid #25; the Boeing 767

The HARDminute # 25

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Top 10 Facts about The Boeing 767

1. The Boeing 767 is the first widebody jet airliner to be stretched twice. The 767-300 is 21 feet longer than the original 767-200; the newer 767-400ER is 21 feet longer than the 767-300.

2. The first Boeing 767, a series 200, entered airline service in September 8, 1982. Since then, Boeing 767s have flown more than 7.5 million flights, and carried more than two billion passengers!

3. It takes approximately 60 gallons of fuel per passenger to get from New York to London on board a 767-400ER. The same volume of gasoline would propel an economy car about half of that distance!

4. The Boeing 767 flies across the Atlantic more frequently than all other jetliners combined.

5. The 767-400ER flight deck instrument panel has 82 percent fewer parts than other 767’s. By using cast parts, the part count was reduced to 53 from 296. Production hours plummeted to 20 hours from 180 hours!

6. If General Electric’s CF6-80C2B8F turbofan engines were attached to your automobile, at takeoff power it would accelerate from zero to 60 mph in less than half a second!

7. There are 3.1 million parts in a Boeing 767 provided by more than 800 suppliers.

8. The 767-300ER and 767-400ER each hold 23,980 gallons of fuel - enough to fill approximately 1,200 minivans.

9. The noise level of a Boeing 767 taking off from a 1.5 mile long runway is about the same as the average street corner’s traffic noise.

10. There are approximately 90 miles of electrical wiring in a Boeing 767-200ER, 117 miles in a 767-300ER and 125 miles in a 767-400ER!

Source : Christopher Weyer, Flight Simulator Technician Atlanta, GA Delta Air Lines, Inc.


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HARDminute factoid #24: Airports

The HARDminute # 24

A Series of “Top Tens”

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But Requires Only Sixty Seconds

for You to Read.

Top 10

Countries with the Most Airports

1. United States: 14,695
2. Brasil: 3365
3. Russia: 2743
4. Mexico: 1852
5. Canada: 1419
6. Argentina: 1369
7. Bolivia: 1109
8. Colombia: 1056
9. Paraguay: 899
10. South Africa: 740

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HARDminute factoid #23: City populations

The HARDminute # 23

A Series of “Top Tens”

That Took Forever to Compile

But Requires Only Sixty Seconds

for You to Read.

Top 10

Largest Cities in the World

City / Country / Population
1.Tokyo / Japan / 33,800,000
2. Seoul / South Korea / 23,800,000
3. Mexico City / Mexico / 22,800,000
4. Delhi / India / 22,200,000
5. Mumbai / India / 22,200,000
6. New York / USA / 21,900,000
7. Sao Paulo / Brazil / 20,900,000
8. Manila / Philippines / 19,000,000
9. Los Angeles / USA / 18,000,000
10. Shanghai / China / 17,900,000

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