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13 March 2002
Filed under:Uncategorized at10:40 pm

(and what is the Internet but a way to get random interesting stuff to you?) I knew I was going to like didyouknow.com when it revealed the average American male is 1.75m (5’7″) tall – exactly my height.

I was also intrigued to learn that the official language of Vatican City is Latin and the Basque language is not related to any other language in the world – mind you, since the site relies on user submissions, this may or may not be true. Then again, you could say the same of anything you find on the Internet…