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I was thinking they found itty bitty polar bears living in it. [Image Can Not Be Found]
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It floats like an iceberg? (or it was actually responsible for sinking the titanic?)
A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. – The Teachings of Don Juan
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The answer does involve ice 🙂
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I know iceberg has a higher water content than other lettuces, so maybe it can freeze without damage so that it is less fragile during the transportation process. Or something like that.
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you are so close Spike. It's name was derived from how it is transported 🙂
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Ok, do they ship it packed in ice? If so, is it already in those plastic bags???
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You know, I have always wondered why it's called Iceberg lettuce.
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You got it Spike.
The name Iceberg comes from the way the lettuce was transported in the
US starting in the 1920s on train-wagons covered in crushed ice, making
them look like icebergs. California growers of course discovered this was the best way to transport it.
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Thanks, Aud. Considering the extra care it takes to ship the stuff, I'm surprised it is so cheap compared to other lettuces.
New question: "I'll take 'Where is it?' for $1000, Alex."
Five Washington DC Zip Codes are assigned to this "area" even though it is in Arlington VA. The zips are: 20301, 20318, 20310, 20330, 20350, 20380. Unlike almost all other zip codes, these 5 are not assigned based on physical location, but by what/who each represents. I know that doesn't sound clear, but I'd be giving you a huge hint if I made it clearer.
This place contains eateries such as Starbucks, Subway, McDonalds, Dunkin' Donuts, Sbarro, among quite a a few others. Here, too, you will find a few banks and credit unions, MD's, dentists, and optical specialists. Drugstore and florist. Post Office and VA Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Dry cleaners. Jewelers. Hair salon. And more.
Where is it?
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The capitol building?
[edit] Is in Arlington. Doh. So, the Military Academy?grooowrrrr! [menace menace] rrrrowwwr!
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The Pentagon?
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Steerpike gets the win. The place in question is the Pentagon in Arlington VA, but it has 6 (I accidentally said "5" in my question.) Washington DC zip codes as follows:
20301: The Secretary of Defense
20318: Joint Chiefs of Staff
20310: US Army
20330: US Air Force
20350: US Navy
20380: US Marine Corps
The Pentagon is like a mini-city, but one that is closed to those who don't work there. Even tourists aren't allowed to patronize the services/retailers it contains.
In addition to all the businesses and eateries I mentioned, the Pentagon has 10 dining rooms and cafeterias staffed by 230 workers.
The place has roughly 23,000 military and civilian employees.
Other tidbits:
- 131 stairways
- 19 escalators
- 4200 clocks
- 691 drinking fountains
- 284 restrooms (restroom and fountain numbers are so high because the building was built when "separate but equal" was still law.
- the building has 17.5 miles of corridors, but because of its shape no 2 points in the building are more than a 7 minute walk apart.
- fitness center
- Meditation and Prayer Room
- 3.7+ million square feet of space.
An amazing piece of architecture and engineering. And yet it still gives me the creeps. My daughter lives <3 miles away. More reason for the creeps.
Info courtesy of the Pentagon's own web site. http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/index.html
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The most amazing thing about the Pentagon is how quickly all of that list was built. Point the fear of Godless Communism at a democracy and hoo-boy do the taps open.
"the building has 17.5 miles of corridors, but because of its shape no 2 points in the building are more than a 7 minute walk apart"
That's really cool. Last night I tried to recreate from scratch Euler's solution to the seven bridge problem. He solved it in a fully abstractable way; I shot for the specific seven. I knew I'd fail (and did) but it was a good way to poke my sodden brain. A podcast about the problem is http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/.....ries/maths. It's a fun little series.
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Oh god, I stalled the trivia game. Apologies.
And thanks, Spike!
Okay, let's see...
This is Lake Baikal:
In addition to being the deepest freshwater lake in the world - and holding more than 20% of the world's fresh water - Siberia's Lake Baikal has been famous because it is self-cleaning, to such a degree that even enormous discharges of pollutants have not contaminated its waters. Now, today humankind has overwhelmed this magic aspect of the lake and it is polluted, but given time to recover it would likely return to its absolutely pristine condition. What causes Baikal's ability to purify itself?
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Isn't the purifying claim (color me unconvinced and voting for extreme isolation) tied to some crustaceans unique to the place?
Whatever the answer, the list of factoids tied to the lake is astonishing. Only fresh water seal? There. Goes on and on. It's the fresh water ocean few know exists.
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Got it in one. Copepoda epischura is a microscopic shrimp that constantly filters Baikal's waters. Like the lake, this creature is unique in several ways: it only lives in Baikal, and in fact cannot be transplanted. If removed from the lake, even if they stay in water from the lake, they die almost immediately.
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Aw shucks.
Keeping with fresh water ocean theme what is special about the fish in Lake Malawi?
This is a difficult one. A not particularly useful hint: if you have a fishtank you may have a living example of the answer in your home.
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It has coral in it?
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