I was made for Trivial Pursuit

I found the longest street in the world...does that count? Yonge Street, 1,178 miles, starts on the Toronto Lakeshore and winds its way northwest along Highway 11 to Rainy River, Ontario, at the Minnesota border. Pretty impressive I'd say. Want some history?....too bad.

Before it was paved, Yonge began as a trail used by the Huron Indians and early explorers, i.e. Samuel de Champlain. John Graves Simcoe, the provincial governor of Upper Canada and founder of Toronto, ordered the paved portion of the road built to provide military access to the Great Lakes in case of an American invasion. He named the street after Sir George Yonge, the British secretary of war at the time.

And then the road grew...end of story. I thought it'd be more interesting, as it's random, and a fact, and I love random facts.

In my cultural geography class last year Prof. Bigelow was giving an opening statement in regard to the nature of the course and the sheer size and diversity of the world...but he somehow forgot the number of countries. I stepped up to bat, probably the only time I made a comment in that class, and informed him that there are 193 countries in the world, and if you'd like, I can recite those starting with A-D alphabetically, including capitals. (okay, so I didn't say that last part...but I can, and you can bet I listed it on my resumee) Do I have problems?