Facts in "Geography" Category
#2194 - Geography Fact  1
Toronto’s original name was York, but it had another name long before that. The area near the shores of Lake Ontario was called "the meeting place" by the Ojibway of Southern Ontario. Their word: Toronto.
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#2195 - Geography Fact  2
US Route 66 ran from Chicago to Los Angeles, approximating the course of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, a railroad which, we might mention, no longer goes to any of those three towns.
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#2196 - Geography Fact  8
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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#2197 - Geography Fact  1
There are more people in New York City (7,895,563) than there are in the states of Alaska, Vermont, Wyoming, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Hawaii, Delaware, and New Mexico combined.
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#2199 - Geography Fact  7
Adolf Hitler had planned to change the name of Berlin to Germania.
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#2201 - Geography Fact  2
Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States in 1789.
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