KFC TWITTER ACCOUNT

 

F&F TOWER – PANAMA CITY, PANAMA

The F&F Tower (previously known as the Revolution Tower) is an office tower in Panama City, Panama. F&F Tower is a twisted building. A twisted is one that progressively rotates its floor plates or its façade as it gains height. There are 15 spiraled skyscrapers and 13 more are under construction. F&F Tower holds the record for the tightest twist, that is, the highest average rotation per floor, at 5.943 degrees across each of its 53 floors, and is the completed building with highest total rotation, with 315 degrees. F&F Tower has a total height of 796 feet. It is the 9th tallest skyscraper in Panama and the 14th tallest in Latin America.

F&F TOWER - PANAMA CITY, PANAMA
By Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27866603

INTERSTATE 70 (I-70) IN UTAH

 

Interstate 70 (I-70) is a mainline route of the Interstate highway System connecting Utah and Maryland. The Utah section runs east-west for approximately 232 miles across the central part of the state.  Unlike most Interstate Highways, much of 1-70 in Utah was not constructed parallel to or on top of an existing U.S. Highway. Portions of 1-70 were constructed areas where previously there were no paved roads. Because it was built over an entirely new route, I-70 has many features that are unique in the Interstate Highway System. For example, the 110 miles between Green River and Salina makes up the longest distance anywhere in the Interstate Highway System with no motorist services. This same piece is noted as the longest highway in the United States built over a completely new route since the Alaska Highway, and the longest piece of Interstate Highway to open at a given time.

I-70 Between Green River and Salina, Utah

ASTORIA-MEGLER BRIDGE

The Astoria-Megler Bridge is a steel cantilever through truss bridge that spans the lower Columbia River, Between Astoria, Oregon, and Point Ellice near Megler, Washington. It opened in 1966 and is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.  The bridge is 21,474 feet in length and carries one lane of traffic in each direction. The cantilever-span section, which is closest to the Oregon side, is2,468 feet long and its main (central) span measures 1,233 feet. It was built to withstand 150 mph wind gusts and river water speeds of 9 mph.

City of Astoria, Oregon in the foreground with the Astoria-Megler Bridge spanning the Columbia River to Washington State.

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CHRISTMAS TREE SALES

 

MEMORIAL HERMANN TOWER – HOUSTON

At a height of 542 feet and 33 stories, Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center of Houston, Texas is the tallest hospital in the world.

MEMORIAL HERMANN TOWER - HOUSTON, TEXAS

ICEBERG B-15

Iceberg B-15 was the world’s largest recorded iceberg. It measured 183 miles long, 23 miles wide and had a surface area of 4,200 square miles. That is larger than the whole island of Jamaica. Calved from the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica in March 2000, Iceberg B-15 broke up into smaller icebergs, the largest of which was named Iceberg B-15A. In 2003, B15-A drifted away from Ross Island into the Ross Sea and headed north, eventually breaking up into several smaller icebergs in October 2005.

POPULATION GROWTH/DECLINE IN MARION COUNTY, IN (INDIANAPOLIS) 2011 TO 2018 BY RACE AND ETHNICITY

Race/Ethnicity	Total Persons 2011	Total Persons 2018	Percent Change
Not Hispanic or Latino, White Alone	564,844	528,704	-6.40
Not Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American Alone	217,603	259,571	19.29
Not Hispanic or Latino, Asian Alone	13,901	29,045	108.94
Hispanic or Latino	67,287	88,282	31.20

MILLENNIUM PARK – CHICAGO

Millennium Park is a public park in downtown Chicago. The park, which is bounded by Michigan Avenue, Randolph Street, Columbus Drive and East Monroe Drive, features a variety of public art. The park covers a 24.5-acre section of northwestern Grant Park. The area was previously occupied by parkland, Illinois Central’s rail yards, and parking lots. Because the park sits atop a parking garage and commuter rail Millennium Station, it is considered the world’s largest rooftop garden.

MILLENNIUM PARK (LOOKING NORTH - MICHIGAN AVENUE ON THE LEFT)

UTTAR PRADESH (STATE) AND UTTAR PRADESH (POLICE DEPARTMENT)

Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. With a population of 228 million, it is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. Uttar Pradesh also has the distinction of having the largest single police force in the world. The Director General of UP Police commands a force of approximately 250,000 personnel spread over 75 districts, 33 armed battalions and other specialized wings/branches.

UTTAR PRADESH (RED)

UTTAR PRADESH POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN CAPITAL CITY OF LUCKNOW

KING ROAD TOWER

King Road Tower is a 34-story office tower that is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 21 floors on the north and south facades and 16 floors on the west façade have been equipped with LED screens. The LED screens cover an area of 32,000 square feet and contain more than 5 million LEDs. It took more than 6 months to produce the media façade, occupying a team of around twenty engineers and craftsmen for three months during the project design phase and then 6 months for installation and testing. The King Road Tower Media Façade is the largest media façade in the world installed on an inhabited building.

TOP 15 CITIES WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION LOSSES (2010 to 2019)

Top 15 Cities with the Largest Population Losses (2010 to 2019)
City	Population Loss	Population 2019
Detroit, Michigan	-43,867	670,031
Baltimore, Maryland	-27,280	593,490
St. Louis, Missouri	-18,713	300,576
Cleveland, Ohio	-15,656	381,009
Toledo, Ohio	-14,578	272,779
Shreveport, Louisiana	-13,864	187,112
Jackson, Mississippi	-12,923	160,628
Baton Rouge, Louisiana	-9,187	220,236
Rockford, Illinois	-7,676	145,609
Montgomery, Alabama	-6,976	198,525
Flint, Michigan	-6,728	95,538
Erie, Pennsylvania	-6,230	95,508
Buffalo, New York	-6,062	255,284
Mobile, Alabama	-5,939	188,720
Decatur, Illinois	-5,385	70,746

UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE (TEXARKANA)

The United States Post Office and Courthouse, also known as Texarkana U.S. Post Office and Federal Building and as Texarkana U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is located on State Line Avenue in Texarkana, straddling the border between Arkansas and Texas. It is the courthouse of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The United States Post Office and Courthouse is the only federal office building in the United States to straddle a state line.

U.S. POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE - TEXARKANA

1717 BROADWAY

1717 Broadway is a skyscraper located in Manhattan, New York City. At 750 feet high, it is the tallest hotel in North America. The building contains two hotels, the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Central Park and the Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Central Park, with a total of 639 rooms.

1717 BROADWAY SEEN IN FEBRUARY 2017

SMALLEST COUNTIES (POPULATION) IN THE U.S. (2019)

Smallest Population Counties in the U.S. (2019 Estimate)
Rank	County	Population
1	Kalawao County, Hawaii	86
2	Loving County, Texas	169
3	King County, Texas	272
4	Kennedy County, Texas	404
5	Arthur County, Nebraska	463
6	Blaine County, Nebraska	465
7	Petroleum County, Montana	487
8	McPherson County, Nebraska	494
9	Yakutat Borough, Alaska	579
10	Grant County, Nebraska	623

SUPERIOR DOME

The Superior Dome is a domed stadium on the campus of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. It opened on September 14, 1991 and is the home of the Northern Michigan Wildcat football team. The dome is 143 feet tall, has a diameter of 536 feet and covers an area of 5.1 acres. It is a geodesic dome constructed with 781 Douglas fir beams and 108.5 miles of fir decking. It is the world’s largest wooden dome. The dome features a retractable artificial turf carpet. When extended, the turf can accommodate football, soccer and field hockey. The carpet is winched in and out of place on a cushion of air. Retracting the turf carpet takes 30 minutes, with full setup taking approximately two hours. The retractable artificial turf carpet is the largest of its kind in the world.

A VIEW OF THE SUPERIOR DOME FROM LAKE SUPERIOR

By Touchdown483 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9785287

MARYLAND STATE HOUSE (CAPITOL)

The Maryland State House, located in Annapolis, is the oldest U.S. state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772. The capitol has the distinction of being topped by the largest wooden dome in the United States constructed without nails.  The dine was added to the building between 1785-94, and has a height of 181 feet, exterior to the weather vane.

MARYLAND STATE HOUSE FROM COLLEGE AVENUE

By Martin Falbisoner - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28359098

GUANGZHOU CIRCLE

Guangzhou Circle is a landmark building located in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. It is the headquarters of the Hongda Xingye Group and the home of the Guangdong Plastic Exchange. Guangdong Plastic Exchange is the world’s largest stock exchange for raw plastic material with more than 25 billion euros of annual turnover in 2012. Guangzhou Circle was designed by Italian architect Joseph di Pasquale. The building has 33 stories and a height of 453 feet. The building features an empty hole in the center that has a diameter of 157 feet. Guangzhou Circle is the world’s tallest circular building.

GUANGZHOU CIRCLE

U.S. POPULATION REACHES 330,000,000

POPULATION GROWTH IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN (MINNEAPOLIS) – 2011 TO 2018 BY RACE AND ETHNICITY

Race/Ethnicity	Total Persons 2011	Total Persons 2018	Percent Increase
Not Hispanic or Latino, White Alone	828,629	854,494	3.12
Not Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American Alone	131,185	158,822	21.07
Not Hispanic or Latino, Asian Alone	69,036	86,933	25.92
Hispanic or Latino	75,076	85,264	13.57

RED DOG MINE

The Red Dog Mine is a zinc and lead mine located 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska. It is owned and operated by the Canadian mining giant Teck Resources. Red Dog Mine is the largest lead-zinc mine in the world. In 1991, Alaska Structures completed a conveyor enclosure at Red Dog Mine. The conveyor enclosure is more than a mile in length and is the longest fabric building in the world.

RED DOG MINE CONVEYOR ENCLOSURE