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Government Verbosity
"A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal."
– Bob Hope On President Carter
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On April 14th, 1910, President Howard Taft began a sports tradition by throwing out the first baseball of the season. That happened at an American League game between Washington and Philadelphia. Washington won, 3-0.
*Pythagorean theorem: 24 words.
*The Lord's prayer: 66 words.
*Archimedes' Principle: 67 words.
*The 10 Commandments: 179 words.
*The Gettysburg address: 286 words.
*The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words.
*U.S. Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words.
...and that says it all.
