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Did you know this about Colombia?

That Great Colombia, today is the name used for the Republic of Colombia for the period 1819-1831 which consisted of the current Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama and some parts of Costa Rica, Peru, Brazil and Guyana?

That Colombia was the first independent country who allowed women to vote, in 1853 in Vélez Santander, women were granted the right to vote. This right was abolished in 1857 and re-established in 1957?

That Avianca, Colombia's flag carrier, is the oldest still functioning airline in the Americas, founded in 1919?

That Colombia is the second-most biodiverse country in the world (the most biodiverse per unit area), and ranks first in birds and amphibia?

That Bogotá has one of the most extensive dedicated Bike Paths Network of any city in the world with a total extension of 300 km?

That there are more than one hundred universities in Bogotá alone, making it one of the cities with the largest number of higher education institutions in the world?

Is the oldest Democracy of Latin America?

That the Colombia tribe the Kogis is said to be the oldest tribe in the world?

That Colombia had the largest peace march of 11 million people, it was in 1997 against the Guerillas.

That Colombia has 3 times more water per square meter than the Latin American average and 6 times more that the world average

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By tasco66 on Apr 25, 2009, 11:45 in Friendly Talkzone.

goin_south says on Apr 25, 2009, 11:52:

"That Avianca, Colombia's flag carrier, is the oldest still functioning airline in the Americas, founded in 1919?"

Please... I'd like to see photos of that 'first flight'...

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goin_south says on Apr 25, 2009, 11:57:

I'm guessing,.....Brazil. no?
I think I've read on here before.

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goin_south says on Apr 25, 2009, 12:01:

OMG. You must have "SNOPED" that mis-info!

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Simon says on Apr 25, 2009, 12:09:

Yes, of course I knew all that about Colombia!

"Just an honest, decent Colombian trying to do the right thing."--Simon

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turnmeon says on Apr 25, 2009, 12:15:

AVIANCA is the former german-colombian airline, now renamed AVIANCA, and yes it goes back to 1919

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goin_south says on Apr 25, 2009, 12:27:

And,... Simon, do you know, that it is IMPOSSIBLE to find a 'throw-away' camera in Colombia?

I know, I know. You're gonna tell me it's to help keep the country green y clean. jajaj

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turnmeon says on Apr 25, 2009, 12:27:

we were also one of the first countries to avoid slavery

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Apr 25, 2009, 12:48:

Did you know that Imusa makes the best little frying pan for frying eggs? Now with teflon coating and a lid?
Did you know that the Colombian piedra del rio is still the best thing in the world for flattening thingies when you cook (like pounding tough meat very thin so that it can be chewed and pounding patacones paper-thin)?
Did you know that la batea is still the best thing for lkneading the pandebono, buñuelo and arepa dough?

A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

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CakeDesigner-wannabe says on Apr 25, 2009, 13:38:

"That there are more than one hundred universities in Bogotá alone, making it one of the cities with the largest number of higher education institutions in the world? "

NOT ENOUGH!! They all still need help lol .... poor business management, poor customer services LOL

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dwmte7 says on Apr 25, 2009, 15:01:

and their ladies are fantastic, foods great, land is beautiful, scammers abound, good friends are life long, corruption is alive and well, music is some of the best, a place to stay on your toes. where parties can last for days. where you can go shopping on your horse in oviedo and sandiego and where the president and pablo were born 300 yds apart, in what might be one of the nicest little pueblos in colombia...tablaso. VIVA LLANOGRANDE

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thanks tasco

patriarch

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Lowell says on Apr 25, 2009, 15:05:

In later years the high water factor may be a real blessing to Colombia as water becomes a highly falued substance.

Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?"

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coastalad says on Apr 25, 2009, 16:32:

Thanks for posting some interesting positive points on this country, we need some balance on here after all the one sided daily reports crap!

always avoiding white picket fences

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Apr 25, 2009, 16:46:

OK, PBH debating society, regardless of whether the pan is made by IMUSA, is Teflon (and its chemical cousins) still viewed as a long term health risk? I know you're supposed to toss the pan as soon as you notice a nick or chip in the Teflon coating, but are there risks when using a pristine one?

Decisions, decisions. Death by Teflon ingestion or Death by Excess Butter/Oil (in a cast iron skillet).

I wanted access to health care, housing and education, but, no, I get potholes, trash and silicone tits instead. -Desi.

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dwmte7 says on Apr 25, 2009, 17:21:

is that an aside, tinto? actuall, as an aside, teflon is deadly poison and should not be used as a cooking container. period.

patriarch

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rca_rodrigo says on Apr 25, 2009, 18:49:

the name of that 1919 airline was scadta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADTA

thanks to my 6th grade history teacher ... in 1987

;)

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quantum says on Apr 25, 2009, 22:10:

Douglas, does teflon leech into whatever food u may happen to be cooking in it?

quantum

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jcgd77 says on Apr 26, 2009, 14:41:

Everyone knows Avianca is the oldest airline in the Americas and the second oldest commercial airline in the world after KLM.

I don't know why people are surprised.

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