Colorado 550
Also known as the “Million Dollar Highway” because it famously costs at least a million dollars per mile to maintain. It travels high into the mountains and can get pretty narrow at times!
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The More You Know
- Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
- In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
- Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham as part of a bet.
- Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.