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Billion billion billion billion

September 3, 2008 hschin Leave a comment

Something i learned in class today:

Electromagnetic force is a billion billion billion billion times (yes there’s 4 billions written there!) stronger than gravitational force.

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Things you probably don’t know about Montreal…

December 20, 2006 hschin Leave a comment

Montreal has:

  • more university students per capita than any city in North America
  • 4 major universities (including McGill)
  • 60 theatre stages
  • 37 movie theatres and over 170 screens
  • 32 major museums
  • 13 annual international arts and entertainment festivals
  • 1 major Grand Prix auto race (Formula1!)
  • 4 professional sports teams
  • 45 downhill ski runs and 80 golf courses
  • over 32 km of underground pedestrian walkways all linked together in downtown Montreal (largest underground city in the world!)
  • 65 subway stations spread out over 4 lines
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