CentralNotice Taxi wars in South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Taxi statistics People using Taxi service each day 14 million Officially registered minibus taxis 200,000 Average taxis per owner 7 Avg monthly kilometres driven by a taxi 8,000 Avg number of passengers transported monthly per vehicle 3,161 Avg time spent daily in a taxi by a passenger 65 min Avg number of trips per passenger per day 2.3 Data as of 2006 [ 1 ] The term taxi war is usually used to refer to the turf wars fought between taxi associations and individual minibus taxi drivers in South Africa from the late 1980s onwards. [ 2 ] These taxi wars are still raging to the present day. [ 3 ] The multi-billion rand minibus taxi industry carries over 60% of South Africa's commuters. [ 2 ] Generally speaking, these commuters are ...
CentralNotice Bielefeld Conspiracy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The Bielefeld Conspiracy is a running gag among German and American Internet users, especially in the German Usenet . It is generally considered a satirical story rather than a hoax or an urban legend . 1 Synopsis 2 History 3 Psychological background 4 Public reception 4.1 Official response 5 Movie 6 Other versions 7 See also 8 References Synopsis [ edit ] The story goes that the city of Bielefeld (population of 323,076 as of 2011 [ 1 ] ) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia does not actually exist. Rather, its existence is merely propagated by an entity known only as THEM ( SIE in German), which has conspired with authorities to create the illusion of the city’s existence. The theory posits three questions: Do you know anybody from Bielef...
