Facts in "Geography" Category
#2123 - Geography Fact     1  The Hudson River along the island of Manhattan flows in either direction depending on the tide. |
| #2124 - Geography Fact 5 Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names. |
| #2125 - Geography Fact 0 The San Blas Indian women of Panama consider giant noses a mark of great beauty. They paint black lines down the center of their noses to make them appear longer. |
| #2126 - Geography Fact 1 The chiao is an official unit of currency in China. Also known as jiao, it is a copper-zinc coin that is one-tenth of a yuan and equal to 10 fen. |
| #2127 - Geography Fact 1 There are only three world capitals that begin with the letter "O" in English: Ottawa, Canada; Oslo, Norway; and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. |
| #2128 - Geography Fact 2 Only five countries in Europe touch only one other: Portugal, Denmark, San Marino, Vatican City, and Monaco. |
| #2129 - Geography Fact 0 Devon is the only county in Great Britain to have two coasts. |
| #2130 - Geography Fact 1 The many sights that represent the Chinese city of Beijing were built by foreigners: the Forbidden City was built by the Mongols, the Temple of Heaven by the Manchurians. |
| #2131 - Geography Fact 1 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. |
| #2132 - Geography Fact 0 Iowa has more independent telephone companies than any other state. |
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