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- Thread starter Ceiling Cat
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Total Railways (km)
226,612 United States of America
87,157 Russia
75,438 China
63,221 India
48,215 Germany
Rutherford B. Hayes Ohio 1877-1881 First President to use a phone - his phone number was 1
First, a smart-ass remark. Not sure what "Km" means. The official SI symbol for the prefix "kilo" is "k", whereas "K" refers to the absolute temperature scale Kelvin. That being said, I will go out on a limb and say Russia.
Grasping at straws ...... they refer to the IRS which in the spring of 1949 was still formally known as Bureau of Internal Revenue. Although the term IRS was used as early as 1918, the name was not formally changed until 1953. And not a blooper per se, but the rooftop they are working on is in Mansfield, Ohio while the story is set in Maine.
The label on the Stroh's beer is wrong for the time.
Two more bloopers in the clip.
Stalin suffered a physical abnormality in his left arm, making it distinctly shorter than the right.
When they are on the roof during the tar job, Andy tells Hadley that the IRS allows a gift to a spouse tax free. This was supposed to take place
in the spring of 1949. At that time, the IRS was known as the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, not the IRS. It did not become known as the IRS until the 1950's.
Captain Hadley said that after paying taxes he would only have enough to buy a car, that would be correct today but cars in the early 60s went for about $1500-1800. After paying taxes on $35,000, he would have enough to buy a house. Which at the time went for $20,000
