Trivia of The Day

7/28/06	No building in DC may be taller than 13 floors. This is so that no matter where in the city you are, you can see the monument to our first President, Washington. [Source: 5 days worth of touring in DC]
7/31/06	The 60 story John Hancock Tower in Boston, MA is haunted by one or more of the mysterious problems in skyscraper history: it's windows, huge 4-by-11-foot planes of glass, pop out unexpectedly and shatter on the street below. The building, completed in 1972, was less than 1 month old when suddenly dozens of its windows began popping for no obvious reason. Determined to remedy the situation, the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Agency replaced ALL 10,334 windows with 400 lb. sections of tempered glass. The windows kept popping out. Today the mystery remains unsolved and windows still occasionally pop. To protect passers-by, John Hancock has hired 2 permanent guards who do nothing but peer up and spot the cracked pains before the tumble to the sidewalk. [Source: 2201 Fascinating facts]
8/4/06	The Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt, constructed around 2500 B.C., was the tallest building in the world until the Eiffel Tower was erected in 1889. [Source: Amend, Discuss, Correct]
8/8/06	Titanium is the most corrosion resistant material suitable for boat building. It is stronger than steel and weighs only half as much.
8/29/06	Which course, part of the Florida swing, is home to the 'Blue Monster'? Doral Golf Resort. Home to the Doral-Ryder Open. It's 18th hole is known as the Blue Monster. Golf Courses - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
11/1/06	92% of on the job fatalities are men while only 8% are women, even though men make up only a little more than 50% of the work force. According to the Labor Department this disparity in fatality statistics is because men are commonly employed in the more dangerous occupations in construction and industry. Amend, Discuss, Correct 1997
2/21/07	Construction worker Hard Hat's were first invented specifically for workers on the Hoover Dam back in 1933. Speaking of which, to the locals in Boulder City, Nevada, it's still called Boulder Dam. Source: TLC's 'Greatest' (12 April 1999) Amend, Discuss, Correct