Geography and Space

Bizarre Fact #151:
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In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.

Bizarre Fact #152:
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In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh.

Bizarre Fact #153:
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In May 1948, Mt. Ruapehu and Mt. Ngauruhoe, both in New Zealand, erupted simultaneously.

Bizarre Fact #154:
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In New Zealand, the Presidential highway links the towns of Gore and Clinton. Gore is also known as the Brown Trout Capital of the World and New Zealand's country music capital.

Bizarre Fact #155:
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In Papua New Guinea there are villages within five miles of each other which speak different languages.

Bizarre Fact #156:
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In the Andes, time is often measured by how long it takes to smoke a cigarette.

Bizarre Fact #157:
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Iowa has more independent telephone companies than any other state.

Bizarre Fact #158:
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Ireland currently has the fastest growing economy in Europe - the economy grew by 40% from 1993-1997. It is for this reason that the country is referred to as the Celtic Tiger.

Bizarre Fact #159:
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John Stetson learned hatmaking in Dunn's Falls.

Bizarre Fact #160:
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Katmandu is the capital of Nepal.