Thread: sneakers' "Random Fact of the Day" thread

Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis

Can those pesos be used in each country and do they all hold the same value against the dollar

I know Philippine pesos can only be used in the Philippines. The current exchange rate is about 45 pp to the dollar. It's about 15 Mexican pesos to the dollar, and about 2,527 Colombian pesos to the dollar, so I'd be willing to bet you have to exchange pesos between nations that use them. A Mexican peso equals about 165 Columbian pesos.

Originally Posted by tripleoption

I know Philippine pesos can only be used in the Philippines. The current exchange rate is about 45 pp to the dollar. It's about 15 Mexican pesos to the dollar, and about 2,527 Colombian pesos to the dollar, so I'd be willing to bet you have to exchange pesos between nations that use them. A Mexican peso equals about 165 Columbian pesos.

Nice - so then 8 countries don't really use "the" peso - 8 countries have currency called peso.

Weak fact sneakers!

The Red Cross has branches in North Korea, they refuse to set one up in Uzbekistan because of the dictatorship there.

The advance fee scam (Nigerian Prince email scam) has been around in some form since the 1500's

The number of chickens and the number of humans on earth are about the same

Originally Posted by sneakers

The number of chickens and the number of humans on earth are about the same

How does the turnover rate compare!?

Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis

How does the turnover rate compare!?

Deliciously?

The Red Baron's brother Lothar Von Richtofen, was also a German ace, shooting down 40 aircraft during WWI

Originally Posted by sneakers

According to Donald Dossey, Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville (NC):

In the U.S $800 or $900 million is lost in business every Friday the 13th because people will not fly or do business they would normally do.

I wonder if this figure, adjusted for inflation or other factors, has gone up, down, or stayed the same?

streak and hamburger are colored blue/gray until they hit air which gives them their red color

Originally Posted by sneakers

The ore? depends how dense the rock is...because doesn't it come in many different forms as an ore?

Originally Posted by WTE

Just answer the question ore else!

I miss WTE

Gary Oldman is actually a year younger than Gary Newman

A woodpecker has spiked tail feathers that help it grip trees

Hey, Sneakers!

Random fact of the day:

King is a beautiful person inside and out and I would love for him to come visit me in the greater Houston area.