Category Archives: Geography

Feb 23 2017
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Geography, Money

Fact #1301: The US government will replace damaged currency for free as long as you have at least 50% of the damaged bill.

Source: http://www.bep.gov/services/currencyredemption.html

Nov 18 2016
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Geography, Places

Fact #1233: All states in the US are divided into counties, with two exceptions: Louisiana, which consists of parishes, and Alaska, which uses boroughs.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_(United_States)

Oct 14 2015
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Geography

Fact #954: The East River isn’t actually a river, but is a salt water tidal strait.

It connects the Long Island Sound (the large body of water that sits north of Long Island) and Upper New York bay (the area of water that sits in between Brooklyn, New Jersey, Staten Island, and Manhattan).
May 13 2015
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Geography

Fact #857: There is a town called Okay, OK.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okay,_Oklahoma

Aug 21 2014
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Geography, History

Fact #666: The countries that Poland shares a border with today are completely different than the countries it shared a border with in 1975.

1975:
2002:
Jul 24 2014
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Geography

Fact #645: There’s an American city 2.4 miles away from Russia.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomede,_Alaska

Mar 17 2014
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Geography, Language

Fact #554: 40% of Vietnamese people have the surname ‘Nguyen.’

Mar 11 2014
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Geography

Fact #550: The difference between “Ukraine” and “The Ukraine” is roughly whether it’s a post or pre-Soviet context.

Source: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/country-names-and-%E2%80%9Cthe%E2%80%9D-the-ukraine-or-ukraine

Mar 10 2014
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Geography

Fact #549: The only state that does not observe Daylight Saving Time on the North American mainland is Arizona.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States

Feb 06 2014
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Geography

Fact #530: Alaska is the most northern, the most western, and the most eastern state in the U.S.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_the_United_States

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