<DIV id=RTEContent> <DIV>This is to clarify that I did not compile the initial list, but as my sentence at the end suggests, I just thought we could collectively weed the fluff out of it and build it, if possible, for future reliable references.</DIV> <DIV> --Randa<BR><BR><B><I>S H <shraybi@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote: </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I would dout a lot of things listed here.<BR><BR>6)<BR>13)<BR>14)<BR>19)<BR>21)<BR>22)<BR><BR>I am sure they don't belong to Lebanon or Lebanese..at least they are hard <BR>to believe<BR><BR>but, in general..very interesting...good job<BR><BR>Thanks Randa<BR><BR><BR>S H<BR><BR>----Original Message Follows----<BR>From: Randa <RHARTM1@YAHOO.COM><BR>To: lebanon-articles@mit.edu<BR>Subject: [LCM Articles] Figures and facts about Lebanon<BR>Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:16:20 -0800 (PST)<BR><BR>Check out these amazing figures & facts... Taking i!
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consideration <BR>the tiny dimensions of Lebanon:<BR><BR>1) 17 Religious communities<BR><BR>2) 40 Daily newspapers<BR><BR>3) 42 Universities<BR><BR>4) Over 100 Banks<BR><BR>5) 70% of the students are in private schools<BR><BR>6) There's 1 doctor/10 people. (In Europe & the US, there's 1 <BR>doctor/100 people)<BR><BR>7) The name "Lebanon" appears 75 times in the Old Testament!<BR><BR>8) The name "Cedar" appears 75 times in the Old Testament!<BR><BR>9) Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times. (This is why it's <BR>compared to the Phoenix)<BR><BR>10) There are 3,500,000 Lebanese in Lebanon.<BR><BR>11) There are 5,630,000 Lebanese outside Lebanon.<BR><BR>12) The country was occupied by: Assyrians - Babylonians - Byzantines - <BR>Persians- Pharaohs - Persians - Alexander the Great - Roman Empire - <BR>Crusaders - Ottoman Empire- Britain - France - Israel Syria<BR><BR>13) Byblos is the oldest city in the world.<BR><BR>14) Lebanon's name has been around for over 4000 years. (!
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oldest <BR>name in the world)<BR><BR>15) Lebanon is the only country in Asia/Africa that doesn't have a <BR>desert.<BR><BR>16) There are 15 rivers in Lebanon; all of them flowing from its <BR>mountains.<BR><BR>17) The first Alphabet was created by Cadmus in Byblos.<BR><BR>18) Lebanon is the country with the most published books per capita.<BR><BR>19) Jesus Christ made his first miracle in Lebanon.<BR><BR>20) The Phoenicians created the first boat ever.<BR><BR>21) Phoenicians reached the Americas long before Columbus.<BR><BR>22) The 1st. law school in the world was built in Lebanon.<BR><BR>23) 160,000 people died in the civil war and we can add much more.<BR><BR>Please challenge their accuracy or add some more solid ones!<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV></DIV><p>
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