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« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2010, 11:35:27 AM »

Detroit



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

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« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2010, 11:37:31 AM »

Damascus, Syria



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.
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« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2010, 11:46:34 AM »

Istanbul, Turkey



Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world
located on two continents.
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« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2010, 11:47:52 AM »

Los Angeles



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.
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« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2010, 11:48:39 AM »

New York City



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.
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« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2010, 11:49:35 AM »

Ohio



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

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