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Nearly half of U.S. electricity is generated from coal. Each person in the U.S. uses 3.4 tons of coal annually. The U.S. produces about 1 billion tons of coal annually. Approximately two-thirds of today's coal production results from surface, rather than underground, mining. The U.S. has nearly 261 billion tons of recoverable coal reserves, according to the Energy Information Administration Coal is found in 38 states, under 458,600 square miles-or about 13 percent of the nation's land area. Power plants being built today emit 90 percent less pollutants (SO2, NOx, Particulates, mercury) than the plants they replace from the 1970s, according the National Energy Technology Laboratory. U.S. coal mining directly employs nearly 136,000 people; For each coal mining job, an additional 3.5 jobs are created elsewhere in the economy. U.S. coal operations have reclaimed more than 2.3 million acres of mined land over the past 25 years. The average coal miner makes $73,000 per year in wages. Coal is the largest freight commodity moved by barges on the nation's inland waterways. There are four basic varieties of coal: Railroads move about two-thirds of U.S. coal shipments annually. Coal plants in the 21st century emit 40% less co2 than the average 20th century coal plant, according to the World Coal Institute. Coal accounts for approximately 94 percent of the nation's fossil energy reserve.2011-06-02 [Akayume]: http://www.you
2011-06-02 [Lord Josmar]: Oh wow, major judos to you Akay for finding that video. Im going to add the link along with the fact and credit you for it.
2011-06-02 [Akayume]: Not a problem. :3 I watched it and was like... o____o....
2011-06-02 [Mortified Penguin]: Major judos indeed.
2011-06-02 [Lord Josmar]: Judos are better then kudos by a scientifically proven 10%!
2011-06-25 [Lothuriel]: 
JUDO chop!!!
2011-06-26 [Lord Josmar]: If any of my watchers could do me a favor and do a little advertising for this wiki, I would greatly appreciate it.
2011-06-26 [Mortified Penguin]: Bob's Diner is always there for advertising.
2011-06-26 [Lord Josmar]: I did advertise there. Didnt post a permemant link though.
2011-07-08 [Paul Doyle]: Here's one for ya . . . Neckties make men stupid. I wear a necktie most of the week, and yeah you could say I'm stupid.
2011-09-29 [Mortified Penguin]: Physics and hookers!
2011-09-29 [Lord Josmar]: I don't know if searches for "Hooker Facts" would bring about family friendly results.
2011-09-29 [Ravenclaw]: If you search what is the answer to life, the universe, and everything into Google, Google Calculator will say 42.
That's a movie reference but I can't remember the name of the movie.
2011-09-29 [Thrice]: Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
2011-09-29 [Ravenclaw]: Thanks, that was really bothering me lol.
2011-09-29 [Paul Doyle]: Thanks for inviting me, Mort, but I've been watching all along xD
2011-09-29 [kians mummy]: lol
2011-09-29 [Lord Josmar]: My watchers count has more then doubled! Woot!
2011-09-29 [XxTsomexX]: XD I love little facts, they make me happy.
2011-09-29 [Lord Josmar]: Me too!! And you'd be amazed how many books are dedicated to this stuff.
2011-09-29 [XxTsomexX]: Right? There is an app on iPhone of random useless facts. My friend Steff has it on hers.
2011-09-29 [hanhepi]: apparently i was only watching one of the sub-pages, and not the main page. thanks for the invite Mort!
2011-09-29 [Nekko fox]: I do so enjoy useless information.
2011-09-29 [The Dizzy Raven]: Hahaha yay for useless info!!! :D
2011-09-29 [Thrice]: You're welcome, Raven. :D
2011-09-30 [Chimes]: Welcome, Jos. :P
2011-09-30 [Lord Josmar]: Looks like Animals is leading the pack! Sorry for the bad pun.
2011-09-30 [Paul Doyle]: I'm the only sports fan on this whole damn e-community? D'oh!
2011-09-30 [Mira Ravenheart]: Wow, I just lost an hour of my life, but this was so entertaining xP
2011-09-30 [Lord Josmar]: Lolz. Im glad you like it.
2011-09-30 [Sunrose]: It's Arctic, not Artic :O
2011-09-30 [Lord Josmar]: Thanks. Firefox doesnt catch all my errors.
Also, I have a section for errors like that where you can post them for me to fix.
2011-09-30 [Sunrose]: I didn't get to that section yet :P
2011-10-01 [Susie-Q]: You should add this one. A scorpion will sting itself to death if alchohol is dropped on its back. :P
2011-10-01 [Lord Josmar]: You can submit that to the Useless Contributions if you want it added.
2011-10-06 [shadow frost wolf]: im learning quite a lot here O.o
2011-10-06 [KnightAngel]: Same here, very interesting information :p
2011-10-06 [Lithium Lullaby]: Well This is fun ^_^
2011-10-06 [Lord Josmar]: I'm going to work on updating this today and going through the sections for all the submissions people posted in the comments and add them to their own section....hop
2011-10-10 [Glyndratha]: i love this place!
2011-10-13 [Lothuriel]: "Pumbaa is the first Disney character to fart." Quite possibly the most interesting information I've heard/read all damn day.
2011-10-13 [KnightAngel]: Certainly was the most fun one :P
2011-10-14 [Lord Josmar]: I stumbled on a Lion King fact page and that was one of the most interesting ones.
2011-10-16 [Chimes]: That first one is wrong. I'm eating more now boyfriend is around. 'Cause I enjoy cooking for him. :P
2011-10-16 [Avaz]: [Lord Josmar]: Have you tried applying a thin (maybe white or red) stroke around the letters? Or changing the color of the drop shadow? Though I suspect the shadow is part of the typeface.
2011-10-16 [Lord Josmar]: I will try those things and see how they work.
2011-10-17 [Lord Josmar]: I feel really stupid when I discover things I already know are the answer to my problem.
2011-10-17 [Mortified Penguin]: As you should. >:o
2011-10-17 [Lord Josmar]: I hit "Outer Glow" and BAM! lit those letters right up!
2011-10-17 [Avaz]: Problem solved. This looks MUCH better, [Lord Josmar] :D
2011-10-17 [Lord Josmar]: Thanks.
2011-11-06 [niame]: i love this <3
2011-11-10 [hanhepi]: i was torn between J and L. but i decided to interpret L as "not in a perfect circle, but more of an oval." rather than the straight line back and forth it seemed to imply.
2011-11-10 [Nekko fox]: According to Wikipedia, "Cry Baby Lane" wasn't too scary for children, it was simply a forgotten and lost film until someone from Reddit dug up an old VHS tape and made it available online.
The story line IS a bit fucked up.
2011-11-10 [Avaz]: Way to spoil it for the rest of us. >_>
2011-11-10 [Nekko fox]: *smirks*
2011-11-11 [Lord Josmar]: No, think more like squiggly line.
2011-11-11 [Nekko fox]: ~~~
Like that?---------
2011-11-11 [Lord Josmar]: Yea. Like that or this:
2011-11-11 [Nekko fox]: Now it just needs a boat.
2011-11-11 [Mortified Penguin]: I found one, but it's all sideways and stuff.
▲-D
2011-11-11 [Mortified Penguin]: And also the sail and mast aren't even connected.
2011-11-11 [Nekko fox]: Lazy semi-capsized boat.
2011-11-11 [Avaz]: It's a magic boat.
2011-11-13 [Lord Josmar]: Alright. I fixed the false rumor so that it is now correct.
There is still plenty of time for everyone to select the fact they think I made up! Don't miss out!
2011-11-29 [Lord Josmar]: If everything goes as planned I should be able to post my special fact list and announce the correct answer to the current poll tonight. *Crosses fingers*
2011-11-30 [hanhepi]: yay!
2011-11-30 [Lord Josmar]: Well, it didnt go as planned yesterday evening. So Im going to try again tonight. Sorry.
2011-11-30 [Nekko fox]: *High five*
2011-12-01 [Lepellier]: Well, now I feel really dumb. I had just recently changed my vote from L... XD I hate second guessing myself.
2011-12-01 [Lord Josmar]: Lolz. I noticed you had changed it when I went to copy and paste your username as the winner. I was saddened, lol.
2011-12-02 [Nekko fox]: You had better be using 'lol' ironically.
2011-12-02 [Lord Josmar]: I was saddened by the fact that no one won the poll, but laughed at how he waited till the last second to change it.
2011-12-02 [Nekko fox]: So...Ironicall
2011-12-02 [Lepellier]: So, we wanna count it as a mis-click? lol. Anyway, that was rather a bomb on myself.
2011-12-02 [Lord Josmar]: Lolz. Don't worry, there will be more chances to win.
2011-12-02 [shadow frost wolf]: Horned Lizard, that sounds badass lol
2011-12-03 [Lord Josmar]: They had a picture with it too, blood was everywhere.
2011-12-08 [shadow frost wolf]: seems detrimental if over used though, what with blood being that stuff im sorta using to live and what not xD
2011-12-08 [Lord Josmar]: Well they dont empty their bodies of it though.
2011-12-20 [shadow frost wolf]: well yeah, I would imagine lol
2012-01-06 [Susie-Q]: Im sure theres a limited reserve.
2012-01-06 [KnightAngel]: And it's also only a last defense, not only is it blood which usually is necessary but also since it's fluids and they are desert-dweller
2012-01-07 [Susie-Q]: Itz like a snake or spiders venom. They can only use so much before its depleted. Animals like that usually try and scare off potential threats by appearing larger, more colorful(as a "hey im poisonous" warning) or in some cases looking and even smelling dead. Ah the wonders of the animal kingdom.
2012-01-10 [shadow frost wolf]: Will there be any new facts soon?
2012-01-11 [Lord Josmar]: Yes, I was actually going to be apologizing for the lack of facts today. My desktop crashed and my laptop has to be MacGuyver'd to get it to work for any decent period of time. Therefore my phone was my only access to the internet and it's capabilities are not good enough for me to get/post/archi
So I will hopefully have new facts up before I go to bed tonight.
2012-01-11 [shadow frost wolf]: Sweet lol bonus points for the timely reply!
2012-01-11 [Lord Josmar]: Lolz. Thanks. I am doing the updating right now so I was all over it.
2012-01-12 [shadow frost wolf]: I admit, the last one was just out there lol I never really tested my status limit.
2012-01-12 [Lord Josmar]: Yea. It was originally only 5,000 characters, but then they changed it for some reason. They also reached the number by taking the Facebook name and making it a mathematical equation.
2012-01-12 [shadow frost wolf]: where does one acquire such a vast wealth of random knowledge?!
2012-01-12 [Nekko fox]: Take all the time in the world.
Now, direct your efforts and energies towards the internet.
The knowledge comes soon enough.
2012-01-12 [Lord Josmar]: Yea, most of it I find from the internet while the rest of it comes from a wide array of really nifty books.
The problem with internet sources is that it is easy for people to make things up. Finding facts with legitimate sources is hard.
2012-01-13 [Nekko fox]: "The problem with Quotes found on the internet is the inability to guarantee their source is true."
~Benjamin Franklin at the Gettysburg Address
2012-01-13 [shadow frost wolf]: I see what you did there >.> lol
2012-01-13 [Flisky]: Anyway, that was clearly Lincoln at the writting of the Magna Carta.
2012-01-13 [Lord Josmar]: No, you're both wrong. It was from alien glyphs found in an ancient Egyptian tomb...duh!
2012-01-13 [Nekko fox]: 
2012-01-14 [shadow frost wolf]: xDD
2012-03-15 [Todd van elslande]: XD
2012-03-15 [Akayume]: One of my professors was asked to be on Ancient Aliens. He declined. :P
2012-03-15 [Lord Josmar]: Lame.
2012-03-15 [Mortified Penguin]: Seriously, what a loser.
2012-03-15 [Piercedskull]: The seventh fact, the one that I believe is about "warts", you wrotte "wars"... just pointing it out. :3
2012-03-15 [Lord Josmar]: No, I meant war, lol.
2012-03-15 [Flisky]: Hmmm...never thought about covering the war with duct tape...
2012-03-15 [Lord Josmar]: What do you think we did with the Vietnam War.
2012-03-15 [Flisky]: Well, it is said that you can fix anything with a little faith and a big roll of duct tape. XD
2012-03-15 [Piercedskull]: And covering war with duct tape is fffaaar more effective then getting a doctor to remove it.
2012-03-15 [Lord Josmar]: Oh, most definitely.
2012-03-16 [shadow frost wolf]: Hmmm.... o.o heating jaw breakers. Now i know it said 'explode' but does that mean fire cracker explode or gushers explode?
2012-03-16 [Nekko fox]: Gotta love Mythbuster Pseudo-science
2012-04-10 [Susie-Q]: i think the war failed do to peeps in the microwave experiments. such a sad attempt to create a race of super powered bird-esque people
2012-04-10 [Lord Josmar]: ...You lost me, lolz.
2012-04-11 [Susie-Q]: friends it is not about DNA gene splicing to create a race of winged monkeys to use as tooth fairies. friends it is not. http://www.you
2012-04-12 [Nekko fox]: He is the most trustworthy candidate. You can tell because he is obviously insane and wears a fucking boot on his head.
2012-04-13 [Susie-Q]: exactly. our politicions are too sane which in turn makes them bat shit crazy. you can't corrupt a man who supports a pony based economy
2012-04-13 [Nekko fox]: I support his pony-based economy.
2012-04-13 [Susie-Q]: as do i. but remember. it's a federal pony indentificatio
2012-04-13 [Nekko fox]: You should always have a copy-pony, just in case.
2012-04-13 [Susie-Q]: that's why cloning is so important.
2012-04-13 [Nekko fox]: Got watch out for counterfeit ponies though!
2012-05-31 [Flisky]: *coughs* Yeah, if by reclaimed you mean completely destroy the ecosystem, level complete mountains, and spray down hydroseed before they leave the area basically a barren moonscape.
2012-05-31 [Lord Josmar]: You obviously dont live in Illinois.
2012-05-31 [Flisky]: No. I lived in West Virginia.
2012-05-31 [Lord Josmar]: Oh yea! They suck.
2012-05-31 [Flisky]: I was poisoned by the mining there. The mountain top removal mining practices are the most dangerous and deadly to the surrounding area. Plus, the slurry left by processing plants is stored in large man made damns that could rupture at any time and literally kill thousands. (Why, yes, I am vehemently anti mining.)
2012-06-01 [Lord Josmar]: Peh. You're anti-West Virginia mining. West Virginia is the worst state for coal mining.
2012-06-01 [Flisky]: The majority of Appalachia mining is exactly the same.
2012-06-18 [shadow frost wolf]: I heard you like coal facts :/ lol
2012-06-18 [Nekko fox]: Coal mining in general is a terrible practice because it's governed by corporate entities that seek to get the most out of the mining while spending as little as possible to maximize profits.
2012-06-18 [Susie-Q]: *withe an umpire's mask, slides up next to [Nekko fox] throwing a thumb over one shoulder* YUUUUUUUUUUUUU
2012-06-18 [Susie-Q]: This broadcast brought to you by the senseless ads that appear at the bottom of your screen
2012-06-19 [Lord Josmar]: Well, like it or not, without coal you would most likely not have power. Also, over 400,000 people would be without a job which would cause the collapse of several small town economies which would have heavy impact on state economies and then, eventually, the country's economy.
2012-06-19 [Flisky]: You've obviously never seen West Virginian economy then. (WV economy? What economy? There is no economy. Just coal, and even there the jobs are disappearing. *looks around* Maybe this ain't the place....)
2012-06-19 [Nekko fox]: It's a pity that according to geological surveys taken in 2011, we only have roughly 200 yrs of coal to mine, and about 40 more years of crude oil. Can you imagine? 1,271,909,744,
2012-06-19 [Avaz]: Doom, doooom, DOOOOOOOM! *flails arms around wildly*
2012-06-20 [Lord Josmar]: While true that the economy is falling apart as it is, it wold be worse off without coal. Also, I have already conceded that West Virginia coal (and the state) were very bad examples of good coal mining operations.
Everyone in coal mining know that, lol.
2012-06-20 [Nekko fox]: It's a pity that according to geological surveys taken in 2011, we only have roughly 200 yrs of coal to mine, and only about 40 years worth of crude oil.
2012-06-20 [Nekko fox]: Just think, 1,150,794,346,
2012-06-20 [Nekko fox]: Well, at least we'll have coal to burn when the government decides it doesn't want the civilians to use cars and designate gas is for "Emergency" and "Military Use Only".
2012-06-20 [Lord Josmar]: I doubt coal would be a reasonable vehicular fuel source. Could you imagine pulling into a coal station to fill up at $2.75 a shovel?
2012-06-20 [Nekko fox]: I was thinking "Coal to keep us warm", but yeah, coal isn't really a viable vehicular fuel...
Well, maybe for trains, but they usually have huge coal cars for that...
2013-04-10 [Susie-Q]: So coal, we need that stuff right?
2013-04-10 [Susie-Q]: Also, coal train, hah :)
2014-09-11 [Avoral]: All this talk of coal makes me want to get back into Minecraft.
2014-09-15 [Lord Josmar]: Here is another fun little fact. Microsoft just bought Mojang (Minecraft) for 2.5 billion dollars.
2014-09-15 [Lord Josmar]: Lol. I doubt that this plot will be thwarted by a British, hippie, spy though.
2017-08-09 [Avoral]: Hey now, Austin Powers bathed regularly. He was more of a swinger than a hippie.
2017-08-10 [Mortified Penguin]: I always thought of him as somewhat of a love guru.
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