WEEKLY WHINE

True things

Those of you who own televisions may have seen these adverts for "Truth", which includes that tobacco related deaths occur at the rate of 1,200 per day. This is an important fact that you'll want to keep in mind. For facts not relating to the War Against Big Tobacco, here are some other true things.

Fact: Over 1,000,000 people in the United States are less than 1.6 meters tall.

Fact: Joe Carter hit a three run home run SAT 23 OCT 1993 in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 of the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays' second consecutive world championship.

Fact: Toronto, ON is bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Fact: Since FRI 01 SEP 2000, the New York Stock Exchange composite index has fallen 1.3% to close this weekend at 669.42.

Fact: McDonalds has expressed concern over the weak euro. The fast food manufacturer has lost 29% of its first quarter earnings because of the euro.

Fact: One euro is currently worth eighty five US cents, down from US $1.15 at the start of 1999.

Fact: Ahmad Rashad has scaled the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Fact: Ahmad was the first man ever to do so with a helmet-cam.

Fact: 199 nations are competing in Sydney this summer.

Fact: It is now winter in Sydney.

Fact: A typical CD-ROM stores 700MB of data.

Fact: A typical CD-ROM is actually an audio CD. The vast majority of compact discs store music in CD audio format.

Fact: "Broadband" Internet connections are actually high data rate connections.