Geography and Space

Bizarre Fact #221:
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The Mississippi Legislature passed one of the first laws in 1839 to protect the property rights of married women.

Bizarre Fact #222:
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The most remote island in the world is Tristan da Cunha, which is above the sub-Antarctic zone.

Bizarre Fact #223:
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The national anthem of the Netherlands "Het Wilhelmus," is an 'acrostichon.' The first letters of each of the fifteen verses represent the name "Willem Van Nassov."

Bizarre Fact #224:
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The Nile river flows North.

Bizarre Fact #225:
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The official, neutral name of Switzerland, which has multiple official languages, is the latin "Confederation Helvetica", or the Helvetic Confederation, thus the "CH" on license plates, stickers and e-mail addresses.

Bizarre Fact #226:
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The oldest field game in America is Stickball founded by the Choctaw Indians of Philadelphia.

Bizarre Fact #227:
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The oldest Holiday Inn is in Clarkesdale.

Bizarre Fact #228:
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The only borough of New York City that isn't an island or part of an island is the Bronx.

Bizarre Fact #229:
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The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.

Bizarre Fact #230:
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The original fifty cent piece in Australian decimal currency had around $2.00 worth of silver in it before it was replaced with a less expensive twelve sided coin.