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In 1980, the population of the city of Shenzhen, China was just 59,000. Today it is over 10 million.

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Brigid of Kildare is one of Ireland's three patron saints. But she may have never existed. Many people think that she is a Christian adaptation of the Celtic goddess Brigid.

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During the Middle Ages, Buddha was recognized as a Christian saint who was named Josaphat.

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It took San Francisco more than 33 years and nearly $350 million to build a two mile bus lane on Van Ness Avenue. The project was finally completed in 2022.

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It took the U.S. Army less than one year to build the 1,700 mile Alaska Highway connecting Alaska with the rest of the United States.

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Level 92

Jan 21, 2020

#s 379 & 380 Ah, politics. Politics get things done or become committees.

Level 55

Jun 19, 2020

"Buddha was a Christian saint named Josephat" laughs

Level 63

Nov 9, 2022

The exclamation 'jumping jehosaphat' now makes no sense. Unless he was secretly fit like a sumo...

Level 95

Dec 22, 2020

I'm not saying SF is doing things efficiently by any means, but they're also renovating the whole sewer system underneath and that's the main thing that is taking a long time. Still though, it's bad

Level 66

May 28, 2021

labour unions amirite

Level 17

Aug 15, 2020

SHENZEN SHENZEN SHENZEN

Level 69

Nov 26, 2020

Good to know

Level 78

Apr 4, 2022

As of April 1st, 2022, the Van Ness Avenue bus lane has been completed and is up and running. No, it isn't an April Fool's Day joke.

Level ∞

Apr 4, 2022

Wow, they finally did it those mad lads. Only 33 years after voters approved a sales tax to pay for the improvements on Van Ness Avenue.

Level 63

Jan 25, 2023

Brigid is Bride (BRY-dee), goddess of harvest

There are songs for her in Ireland and the outer Hebrides.

Level 15

May 1, 2023

So, it took 33 years to make a small road but less than a year to build a 1,700 mile highway. What happened?

Level 92

Jun 20, 2023

It took 33 years from when planning first begun. It took 6 years to actually construct. And the $350million was also for heaps of other infrastructure upgrades in the area. This is what happens when people only read clickbait headlines.

Level 41

Jan 25, 2026

lol insulting Quizmaster >:)

Level 89

Jan 28, 2026

Six years for a two-mile bus lane is much better. Thanks. I'm sure more "Clickbait readers" will point out that it's the same time that a rail and road tunnel under the English Channel was actually constructed, but UK and France are known for their cooperation and lean government bureaucracies.