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iBrattleboro.com has just crossed a milestone worth sharing with everyone who uses the site.
As of this afternoon, over 20 million pages of your stories, comments, and contributions have been viewed since the site began in February of 2003.
That's 20 million page views, not counting the Brain Trust. Your nearly 12,900 stories and 68,500 comments are being read.
We are sixteen folks away from having 2,000 registered users. There are 546 local web site links that have been clicked on almost 195,000 times.
Before you hop back in and write more about the Brattleboro, let's look at some other notable 20 millions out there.
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20 million girls under age 12 work full time, according to UN estimates.
Angelina Jolie was said to be looking for a $20 million necklace to wear to the Oscars this year, according to Anything Hollywood.
According to the American Housing Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau, about 20 million people permanently reside in a mobile home.
China has 20 million jobless immigrants, according to Reuters.
Nintendo has sold more than 20 million Wii game units in the U.S.
More than 20 million homes only use a cellphone, according to Nielsen.
20 million people turned out for the first Earth Day, according to the organizers of the event.
We use just over 20 million barrels of oil a day in the U.S.
Rush Limbaugh reaches about 20 million listeners a week, according to Newsday.
In October 2008, NORML said that the 20 millionth person would be arrested for marijuana crimes.
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics says 20 million abortions a year are carried out in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.
20 million RISC processors are expected to deliver at least 10 PFlops of sustained performance in a new cloud and climate supercomputer at UC Berkeley.
The U.S. has more than 20 million working adults who are uninsured, according to the BusinessInsurance website.
The California Academy of Sciences moved 20 million specimens across town to a new location in 2008, according to KQED.
About 20 million Americans don't believe in God, says James A. Haught.
The Black Eyed Peas have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide.
Spider blood was found in a 20 million year old fossil, according to physorg.com
20 million rupees is about $436,020 U.S. dollars.
InvestmentWatch says the U.S. will lose 20 million jobs in 2009.
Honda has made 20 million cars and light trucks in North America.
University of New Mexico says the Grand Canyon is 20 million years old.
20 million amps of current, released from a bank of capacitors over 100 nsec and sent into a cage of wires, is converted at Sandia’s Z facility into 1.8 mega-joules of soft-x-ray energy, with a peak power of 200 tera-watts, says an article at the American Institute of Physics.
20 Million Miles to Earth is a 1957 cult film about a creature from Venus.
The National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship says there are 20 million self-employed in the U.S.
Britain's National Health Service plans to vaccinate 20 million Brits against swine flu this year.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning was asking for $20 million per year in his most recent contract, according to the NY Daily News.
In 2008, Bill Gates gave $20 million to the International Rice Research Institute for research into helping rice farmers deal with global warming.
Unicef says there will be 20 million AIDS orphans in Africa by 2010.
The worlds oceans contain nearly 20 million tons of gold according to Savethesea.org
Shanghai's population passed 20 million in 2003.
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What else equals 20 million? Let us know in the comments.
And thank you all for making iBrattleboro interesting and useful. Lise and I may steer this ship somewhat, but the passengers set the course, determine the speed, and make sure there is something fun to do on the upper decks. Thank you for the words, photos, videos, mazes, ads, and other goodies you bring to the attention of the community.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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