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Alaska

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More than half of the coastline of the entire  United States  is in  Alaska .

Antarctica

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Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Ninety percent of the world's ice covers  Antarctica .
This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world.
As strange as it sounds, however,  Antarctica  is essentially a desert;
the average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.
Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.),
Antarctica is the driest place on the planet,
with an absolute humidity lower than the  Gobi  desert.

Chicago

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Next to  Warsaw ,  Chicago  has the largest Polish population
in the world.

Detroit

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Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1,
so named because it was the first paved road anywhere.

Damascus,  Syria

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Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years
before  Rome  was founded in 753 BC,
making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

Istanbul,  Turkey

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Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world
located on two continents.

Los Angeles

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Los Angeles' full name is:
El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de  Los Angeles  de Porciuncula
-- and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size:  L.A.

New York City

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The term 'The Big Apple' was coined
by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s
who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city.
Therefore, to play  New York City
is to play the big time - The Big Apple.

There are more Irish in  New York City
than in  Dublin ,  Ireland ;
more Italians in  New York City
than in  Rome ,  Italy ;
and more Jews in  New York City
than in Tel  Aviv ,  Israel .

Ohio

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There are no natural lakes in the state of  Ohio , every one is manmade.

Pitcairn Island

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The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn
in  Polynesia , at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.

Rome

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The first city to reach a population of 1 million people
was  Rome ,  Italy  in 133 B.C.
There is a city called  Rome  on every continent.

Siberia

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Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.

S.M.O.M.

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The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world
is the Sovereign Military Order of  Malta  (S.M.O.M).
It is located in the city of  Rome ,  Italy ,
has an area of two tennis courts
and, as of 2001, has a population of 80
-- 20 less people than the  Vatican .
It is a sovereign entity under international law,
just as the  Vatican  is.

Sahara  Desert

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In the  Sahara   Desert , there is a town named  Tidikelt ,  Algeria ,
which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.
Technically though, the driest place on Earth
is in the valleys of the Antarctic near  Ross   Island .
There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

Spain

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Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits'.

St. Paul,  Minnesota

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St. Paul,  Minnesota, was originally called Pig's Eye
after a man named  Pierre  'Pig's Eye' Parrant
who set up the first business there.

Roads

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Chances that a road is unpaved:
in the  U.S.A.  = 1%;
in  Canada = 75%

Russia

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The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the
Kola Superdeep Borehole, in  Russia .
It reached a depth of 12,261 meters
(about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles).
It was drilled for scientific research
and gave up some unexpected discoveries,
one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen
- so massive that the mud coming from the hole
was boiling with it.

United States

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The Eisenhower interstate system requires
that one mile in every five must be straight.
These straight sections are usable as airstrips
in times of war or other emergencies.

Waterfalls

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The water of Angel Falls (the world's highest) in  Venezuela
drops 3,212 feet (979 meters).
They are 15 times higher than  Niagara Falls .

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I have always said, you should learn something new every day.   Unfortunately, many of us are at that age where what we learn today, we forgettomorrow.
 
But, give it a shot anyway.

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