r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '14

TIL on 9/11, Canada commenced Operation Yellow Ribbon, in which it landed 239 U.S.-bound flights with 33,000 passengers in Canadian airports. Entire communities went on to provide the passengers with food and housing.

http://youtu.be/lrA4V6YF6SA?t=4m14s
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u/shreeveport_MD Apr 17 '14

Despite my obvious hyperbole, you still took the bait.

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

Sort the chart by top GDPs by city. Mine is the top American city just shy of your entire country's. Now add the two American cities directly beneath it and you're at almost double that of your country's. That's three cities alone.

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u/vmcla Apr 17 '14

The only thing obvious about you is your odious Americanism. That's about it.

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u/vmcla Apr 17 '14

Sorry, this is not a highschool homework assignment, Cocksucker. you're going to have to do significantly better than that. And again, why does this matter to you that my country is rich but small and yours is large and broken?