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THE COUNTRY CORNER

FYI

Alaska
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in
Alaska.

Amazon
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen supply. The Amazon River pushes
so much water into the
Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river; one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in
the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined
and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States.

Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice
also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water
in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The
average yearly total precipitation is about two inches although covered
with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet; with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

Brazil
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way
around.

Canada
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world
combined. Canada is an
Indian word meaning 'Big Village.'

Chicago
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Detroit
Woodward Avenue in Detroit,
Michigan, carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road anywhere.

Damascus, Syria
Damascus, Syria, was
flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome
was founded in 753 BC,
making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in
existence.

Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.

Los Angeles
Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de
Porciuncula -- and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L. A.

New York City
The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time
- The Big Apple
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.

Ohio
There are no
natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is manmade.

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Pitcairn Island
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. Miles/4.53 sq. Km.

Rome
The first city to reach a
population of 1 million people was City of Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Siberia
Siberia contains more
than 25% of the world's forests.

S.M.O.M.
The actual smallest
sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
(S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican.
It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.

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