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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    Here is one about Taiwan.

    For garbage collection, the garbage truck drives slowly down the streets and alleys, and the people come out with their own garbage and throw it into the back of the truck. Mostly, they come by every day at about the same time.

    (PS The trucks play Fur Elise in the style of an ice cream truck so people know that they are coming. Whenever I hear the opening to that song, I think of garbage trucks in Taiwan. LOL)

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      @taiwan_girl thats funny!

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        The Atlantic side of the Panama Canal is further west than the Pacific side.

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          Dr Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, married Picasso’s former partner and the mother of his two children.

          Only non-witches get due process.

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            Michigan consists of two peninsulas, but Kentucky consists of (at least) two independent land masses with other states between them.

            Please love yourself.

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              Dr Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, married Picasso’s former partner and the mother of his two children.

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              @jon-nyc said in Geographical trivia:

              Dr Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, married Picasso’s former partner and the mother of his two children.

              Jon this isn’t just any trivia!

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                Louisiana has no mountains, but we do have a hill that's called a mountain, because perspective is everything.😄

                Driscoll Mountain is in Bienville Parish and is 535 feet above sea level.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

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                  Wow. I’m at 328ft and I’m less than 1/2mi from the water.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                    Michigan consists of two peninsulas, but Kentucky consists of (at least) two independent land masses with other states between them.

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                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Geographical trivia:

                    Michigan consists of two peninsulas, but Kentucky consists of (at least) two independent land masses with other states between them.

                    Wow, I never knew about the KentIcky Bend until now. That’s interesting, but you said (at least) two. Is there another area as well?

                    The Brad

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                      From Detroit, look south to see Canada.

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                        From Detroit, look south to see Canada.

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                        @Copper said in Geographical trivia:

                        From Detroit, look south to see Canada.

                        To get from Pacific Ocean to Atlantic via Panama Canal, sail northwest.

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                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          @George-K you n00b, look at the 6th post!

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                            Reno, Nevada is further west than San Diego, CA

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                              @George-K you n00b, look at the 6th post!

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                              @89th said in Geographical trivia:

                              @George-K you n00b, look at the 6th post!

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                              But at least I posted a map.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Geographical trivia:

                                Michigan consists of two peninsulas, but Kentucky consists of (at least) two independent land masses with other states between them.

                                Wow, I never knew about the KentIcky Bend until now. That’s interesting, but you said (at least) two. Is there another area as well?

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                                @LuFins-Dad said in Geographical trivia:

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Geographical trivia:

                                Michigan consists of two peninsulas, but Kentucky consists of (at least) two independent land masses with other states between them.

                                Wow, I never knew about the KentIcky Bend until now. That’s interesting, but you said (at least) two. Is there another area as well?

                                Not that I know of, but rivers change!

                                Please love yourself.

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                                  Canada is closer to Africa than the USA is.

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                                    I like this thread! Lots of fun and interesting things

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                                      Did you know that Alaska is in 2 hemispheres? Some of the Aleutian Islands are in the Eastern Hemisphere!

                                      The Brad

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                                        Did you know that Alaska is in 2 hemispheres? Some of the Aleutian Islands are in the Eastern Hemisphere!

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                                        @LuFins-Dad said in Geographical trivia:

                                        Did you know that Alaska is in 2 hemispheres? Some of the Aleutian Islands are in the Eastern Hemisphere!

                                        Yes! It's part of my favorite piece of trivia: "Which USA state is the further South, North, West, and East. The answer is

                                        South: Hawaii
                                        North: Alaska
                                        West: Alaska
                                        East: Alaska

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                                          Louisiana has no mountains, but we do have a hill that's called a mountain, because perspective is everything.😄

                                          Driscoll Mountain is in Bienville Parish and is 535 feet above sea level.

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                                          @Jolly said in Geographical trivia:

                                          Louisiana has no mountains, but we do have a hill that's called a mountain, because perspective is everything.😄

                                          Driscoll Mountain is in Bienville Parish and is 535 feet above sea level.

                                          I had never checked before, but it seems I'm around 1,000 feet above sea level. I live in the Valley......

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