Geography and Space

Bizarre Fact #181:
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Pittsburgh was named for a British prime minister.

Bizarre Fact #182:
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Portugal is the world's largest producer of cork. The country has regulations protecting cork trees dating back to 1320. During the 1920’s and 30’s, it became illegal to cut down the trees other than for essential thinning and removal of old non-producing trees.

Bizarre Fact #183:
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Residents of the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona get their mail delivered by mule.

Bizarre Fact #184:
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Resin Bowie, the inventor of the Bowie knife is buried at Pt. Gibson.

Bizarre Fact #185:
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Reversing Falls is in Canada, where the St. John River flows into the Bay of Fundy at St. John, New Brunswick. The rapids at this juncture flows normally at low tide, backwards at high tide. Between tides there is a 15-minute period in which the river is placid and boaters sail by very quickly.

Bizarre Fact #186:
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Rome is considered "The Eternal City."

Bizarre Fact #187:
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Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means "the capital" in the Korean language.

Bizarre Fact #188:
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Several nations (Norway, Australia, New Zealand, France, Great Britain, Chile, and Argentina) have advanced claims on sections of the continent of Antarctica. The United States does not recognize any claims.

Bizarre Fact #189:
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Shortest Intercontinental Commercial Flight in the world is from Gibraltar (Europe) to Tangier (Africa.) Distance 34 miles, flight time 20 minutes.

Bizarre Fact #190:
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Since the 1930’s the town of Corona, CA has buried, and lost, all 17 of its time capsules.