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In population, Memphis, Tennessee is the largest city on the Mississippi River.

Ferdinand Magellan named the Pacific Ocean.

Rugby, North Dakota is the geographical center of North America.

The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,902 miles.

The D River in Lincoln City, Oregon, at 440 feet, is the shortest river in the world.

Count Dracula was from Transylvania, which is located in Romania.

The Independent State of Vatican City, at 108.7 acres, is the smallest country in the world.

Maine is the only U.S. state with a one syllable name.

Damascus, Syria is the oldest city in the world.

The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world.

Dallas, Texas was named in honor of George Mifflin Dallas. He was the Vice President of the United States at the time and was from that area of Texas.

The original name of the Hawaiian Islands was Sandwich Isles.

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't appear in the name of any state in the United States.

At approximately 3.5 miles, Monaco has the shortest coastline of any country.

Juneau, Alaska is the largest city in the United States in land area with 3,108 square miles.

Antarctica is the only continent without snakes or reptiles.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

The country with the highest density of natural blondes in Finland.

All continents, other than Antarctica, are wider in the north than the south.

Sudan is the largest country in Africa in area, at 967,500 square miles.

The oldest republic in the world is San Marino, located in Europe. It has been a republic more than 1700 years, since 301.

Antarctica was discovered by U.S. Navy Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer, on November 17, 1820.

The only state name that ends in 3 consecutive vowels is Hawaii.

The country with the longest coastline in the world is Canada, with 151,485 miles, counting the islands.

At 89,000 acres, Lake Texoma, on the Texas-Oklahoma border, is the largest man-made lake in the United States.

Persia was the name of Iran before it became Iran. This original name was changed on March 21, 1935.

At approximately 17,212,000 square miles, Asia is the largest continent in area.

The only royal palace in the United States is Lolani Palace, in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was used by the ruling monarch before Hawaii became a republic in 1893.

Siam was the name of Thailand before it became Thailand.

Edo was the name of Tokyo, Japan before it became Tokyo.

The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia at 5,371 feet.

The only one of the Great Lakes located entirely within the United States is Lake Michigan.

Highlands, located in Scotland, is the oldest mountain range in the world, at 400 million years old.

The only state in the United States that produces coffee is Hawaii.

The longest river in the world is the Nile River, at 4,160 miles.