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by **creamdoorthirtyniner** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:59 pm

>> Alaska
>> More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.
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>> Amazon
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>> * The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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>> * The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that,
>> more than one hundred miles at sea, off the mouth of the river, one
>> can dip fresh water out of the ocean.
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>> * The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next
>> eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow
>> of all rivers in the United States.
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>> Antarctica
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>> *Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any
>> country.
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>> * Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also
>> represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world.
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>> * As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert.
>> The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.
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>> * Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is
>> the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than
>> the Gobi desert.
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>> Brazil.
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>> Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.
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>> Canada
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>> * Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
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>> * Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village."
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>> Chicago
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>> Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
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>> Detroit
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>> Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M - 1,
>> named so because it was the first paved road anywhere.
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>> 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.
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>> Istanbul, Turkey
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>> Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.
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>> Los Angeles
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>> Los Angeles's 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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>> New York City
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>> * The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of
>> the 1930's 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.
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>> * 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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>> Africa
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>> Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28. Percentage of North
>> America that is wilderness: 38.
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>> Ohio
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>> There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is manmade.
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>> 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.
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>> Rome
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>> * The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome,
>> Italy in 133 B.C.
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>> * There is a city called Rome on every continent.
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>> Siberia.
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>> Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.
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>> 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.
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>> Sahara Desert
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>> In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not
>> receive a drop of rain for ten years.
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>> Spain
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>> Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'
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>> St. Paul Minnesota
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>> St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named
>> Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.
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>> Roads
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>> Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A.: 1%, in Canada: 75%.
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>> Texas
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>> The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as deep as
>> 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.
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>> 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.
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>> 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