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Native Americans have lived in the Yellowstone region for at least 11,000 years. The region was bypassed during the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the early 19th century. Aside from visits by mountain men during the early-to-mid-19th century, organized exploration did not begin until the late 1860s. The U.S. Army was commissioned to oversee the park just after its establishment. In 1917, administration of the park was transferred to the National Park Service, which had been created the previous year. Hundreds of structures have been built and are protected for their architectural and historical significance, and researchers have examined more than 1,000 archaeological sites.
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Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 square miles (8,983 km2),[1] comprising lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges. Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest high- altitude lakes in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest supervolcano on the continent. The caldera is considered an active volcano. It has erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years. Half of the world's geothermal features are in Yellowstone, fueled by this ongoing volcanism.
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Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the world’s first national park.
Yellowstone is located 96% in Wyoming, 3% in Montana and 1% in Idaho
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Larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined. 2.2 million acres total
Record number of visitors was in 2002 with 3,151,342
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With more than 10,000 geysers, hot springs and fumaroles, Yellowstone is the largest concentration of hydrothermal features in the world.
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Yellowstone Lake is the largest high-altitude lake in North America.
The Yellowstone River water fall is 308 ft high at the Lower Falls
Yellowstone rests on one of the largest active volcanoes in the world.
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Over 2,000 earthquakes occur per year inside the park
Yellowstone is the only place in the lower 48 states that wild bison have survived continuously.
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More than 2,400 miles of streams flow through Yellowstone, providing some of the best fly-fishing in the world.
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Reaching a height of 106-184 feet, Old Faithful eruptions are predictable to within 10 minutes, erupting every 46 to 92 minutes.
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Park features more than 950 miles worth of backcountry trails
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Gardiner Montana is located in the Parks north Entrance was founded in 1880 and is located at the 45th Parallel. Half way between the North Pole and the Equator
Lighting starts on average 22 fires per year/ and 80% of fires are put out naturally
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Yo mama's so fat that a $700 billion bailout would only keep her fed for a week.
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Yo mama's so stupid, she thinks the G8 is a Value Meal at McDonald's.
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Yo mama's so stupid that she thinks sub-prime is a way to cut steak.
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Yo mama's so fat that Sarah Palin can't see Russia anymore!.
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Yo mama's so greasy that her face could free the U.S. from its dependence on foreign oil.
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Yo mama's so fat that even the Death Star couldn't blow her up!
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Yo mama's so fat that she thought the opening line of Kirk's monologue was "Spice, the final Frontier..."
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Yo mama's so fat that if she were placed beside a changeling during regeneration, no one would know the difference.
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Yo mama's so fat she makes Riker's belly look 3 atoms thick.
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Yo mama's so dumb that she tried to rent a car from The Enterprise.
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Yo mama's so such a ho that she slept with me... therefore, I AM YOUR FATHER!
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Yo mama's so fat that the passengers of the Millenium Falcon mistook her for a small moon.
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Yo mama's so ugly that she made doctor McCoy say "Damnit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a Zoologist!"
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Yo mama's so weak-minded that I got her to lead me to Jabba without using a jedi mind trick!
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Yo mama's so weak-minded that I got her to lead me to Jabba without using a jedi mind trick!
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Yo mama's so ugly that she's probably a Shi'ido Clawdite that stays in her regular form all the time.
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Yo mama's so fat that she crushed Boga as soon as she mounted her.
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Yo Mama's so ugly even Data would need special eye googles to look at her.
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Yo Mama's so fat, Data feels strong emotions of disgust and self-terminates.
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Yo Mama's so fat she wears her own inertia dampener.
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Yo Mama's so fat, she got stuck trying to enter the Nexus.
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KFC is the most popular fried chicken restaurant in America. Each year, KFC sells billions of pieces of fried chicken. But, it wasn't always this way. In fact, Harland Sanders was once nothing more than a gas station operator in Corbin, Kentucky. So how was it that Harland Sanders could take a simple piece of chicken and turn it and himself into a worldwide success? Here are just a few facts about the man and his fried chicken.
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