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There's a small town named Bentleyville off of Exit 32 of Interstate 70 in southwestern Pennsylvania.  Until recently, Bentleyville was known mainly as the home of a busy Truck Stop and a Best Western Hotel, both of which were quite visible to travelers along Interstate 70.  On the 9th of June, 2007, Bentleyville acquired another landmark.  His name is Big Jim the Cowboy and this is his story.

Ladies, Gentlemen and Others -- We have found the King!  He's now in the "Telephony Business" here at hrpr.com and is available for your viewing and listening pleasure 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year...

Have you ever wondered why junk email is called "spam?"  This bit of nonsense from Monty Python's Flying Circus is said to be the basis for the use of the term spamming to describe the sending of unsolicited junk email:

Does the statement, "We've always done it like that" ring any bells?

The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches.

That's an exceedingly odd number.  Why was that gauge used?

Because that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US Railroads.

Why did the English build them like that?