Share some interesting facts about where you're from.

I'll put a list together in a little bit.

My hometown: Calgary Alberta, Canada. I hope this is the type of information your looking for

Thanks to Wikpedia of course

-Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is in the south of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, approximately 80 km east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Calgary is the third largest civic municipality, by population, in Canada. As of April 2006, Calgary's population was 991,759. The estimated metropolitan population (CMA) was 1,060,300 in 2005 (see Calgary Region), making Greater Calgary the fifth largest Census Metropolitan Area in the country. It is located within the relatively densely populated "Calgary-Edmonton Corridor".[1] It is the largest Canadian metropolitan area between Toronto and Vancouver.

-A resident of Calgary is known as a Calgarian.

-Calgary is well-known as a destination for winter sports and ecotourism with a number of major mountain resorts near the city and metropolitan area. Calgary's economy is mostly centred on the petroleum industry (see Canadian Oil Patch), however agriculture, tourism, and the high-tech industries also contribute to the city's fast economic growth. Calgary also holds many major annual festivals, including the Calgary Stampede, the Folk Music Festival, the Lilac Festival, One World Festival (GlobalFest), and the second largest Caribbean festival in the country (Carifest). In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian city to host The Olympic Winter Games.

-The economy in Calgary and Alberta is now booming, and the region of nearly 1.1 million people is still among the fastest growing in the country. While the oil and gas industry comprise most of the economy, the city has invested a great deal into other areas. Tourism is perhaps one of the fastest growing industries in the city. Over 4.5 million people now visit the city on an annual basis

-Calgary is a city of extremes, and temperatures have ranged anywhere from a record low of −45°C (-49°F) in 1893 to a record high of 36°C (97°F) in 1919. Although not common, Calgary experiences summer daytime temperatures of above 30°C (86°F) on an average of about four days per year. Temperatures fall below −30°C (-22°F) on about five days per year, though extreme cold spells usually do not last very long. According to Environment Canada, the average temperature in Calgary ranges from a January daily average of −9°C (16°F) to a July daily average of 16°C (61°F).

Thats fine Bruce, I was thinking more like trivia type facts



General Facts

Omaha is the biggest city in Nebraska and the port of entry and seat of Douglas county. Omaha is situated in the eastern part of the state and on the west bank of the Missouri River, opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Major industries include food processing, insurance, and telecommunications.

Omaha is one of the nation's hotbeds for the telecommunications industry. Over 50,000 people go to work each day at a telecommunications related job in Omaha

Here are some interesting tidbits for My hometown of Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha has...
- five Fortune 500 company headquarters
- the home of the world's most successful investor, Warren Buffet
- the highest number of restaurants, per capita
- the highest number of public golf courses (per capita) of any city > 100,000 population
- the largest indoor rain forest (Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo)
- the world's largest geodesic dome (Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo Desert Dome)

Famous Omahans
Astaire, Fred
Brando, Marlon
Buffet, Warren
Fonda, Henry
Ford, President Gerald
Gibson, Bob
Nolte, Nick
Roddick, Andy
Sayers, Gale
Welk, Lawrence
X, Malcolm

Invented Here...(a food theme?)
- Reuben Sandwich
- TV Dinner
- Cake Mix
- Raisin Bran


And some General Nebraska interesting Facts...

It is illegal to go whale fishing in Nebraska.

Borsheims in Omaha has the largest jewelry store in the nation.

In Waterloo, barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in 1927 in Hastings. He changed his soft drink syrup, Fruit Smack, into a powder to make it easier to ship.

The High Plains Aquifer is a big underground layer of rocks and other materials that are filled with water. Most of this aquifer is beneath Nebraska, giving it more underground water than any other state.

Many ranches are giant-sized, covering more than 100,000 acres.

The Niobrara is one of the top canoeing rivers in the country. It has more than 90 waterfalls.

The Unicameral is the name of the only state legislature with only one branch. All other states have two branches, usually a senate and a house of representatives. The Unicameral is also different in that when candidates run for office, they do not run on a certain party's ticket.

Twice-yearly migrations of millions of cranes, ducks and geese turn the Platte River area into an amazing sight.

Marlon Brando was born in Omaha.

The Sand Hills are the biggest grass-covered sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere. They cover about one-fourth of the state. Only the Sahara and the Arabian deserts have bigger areas of sand.

The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha has the world's biggest indoor rain forest exhibit.

Johnny Carson grew up in Norfolk.

The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition.

The Union Pacific's Bailey Yards, in North Platte, is the largest rail classification complex in the world.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln weight room is the largest in the country. It covers three-fourths of an acre

Union Pacific Railroad's museum is headquartered in Nebraska.

Nebraska averages 39 tornadoes a year, Nebraska had 102 tornadoes in 1999.

Sneezing or burping are illegal during a church service in Omaha.

Just north of Alliance, Nebraska there is a place called Carhenge that replicates the historic English Stonehenge with 38 old automobiles placed to assume the same proportions.

The world’s largest hamburgers are made at Sioux Sundries in Harrison, Nebraska.

Charles Lindberg learned to fly in Lincoln.

Marlon Brando’s mother once gave Henry fonda acting lessons at the Omaha Community Playhouse.

Gerald Ford was born in Nebraska.

It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.

Red Cloud, Nebraska has been the subject of more books than any other town in literature.

The world's largest hand-planted forest is Halsey National Forest near Thedford, Nebraska.

Nebraska Furniture Mart, founded by Rose Blumkin is the largest furniture store in the nation in Omaha

Grant County allegedly has more millionaires proportionally to its population than any other in the nation.

Chimney Rock, along the Oregon Trail was the most mentioned landmark in pioneer diaries.

Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich.

Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.

It is illegal in Nebraska for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.

South Bend, Nebraska serves more testicles than any where in the world at its 'Testicle Festival'.

In Omaha it is illegal for a man to be seen with a shaved chest.

Malcolm X, the famous civil rights leader was from Omaha.

By law, the owner of every hotel in Hastings, Nebraska, is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.

I'll see what trivia type facts i can pull up