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The Roman tourist attraction "The Spanish Steps" has 138 steps.
You catch a train at a stazione ferroviaria in Italy.
The country that is proud to claim Volcano National Park is the U.S.
Sheboygan is on Lake Michigan.
Minnesota is the home of the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
Pittsburgh is at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongaheala Rivers.
The country you have to visit to see the ruins of Troy is Turkey.
Martha's Vineyard was once called Martin's Vineyard.
The Empire State Building has 10 million bricks in it.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola.
Nob Hill is in San Francisco.
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The Tropical Zone lies between the Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer.
The Atlantic Ocean is almost exactly half the size of the Pacific.
In Madrid, if you say"La cuenta,por favor" you will receive the bill.
If you go through the Panama Canal you will go through the Pedro Miguel Lock.
Venice's main thoroughfare if the Grand Canal.
The official residence of the president of France is The Elysee Palace.
Fleet Street in London is the home of British journalism.
Cape Kennedy was the former name of Cape Canaveral.
You are forbidden to fly an airplane over The Taj Mahal in India.
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Britain boasts the most cars per mile of road.
Europe has the most people per square mile.
Portuguese is the official language of Brazil.
Heathrow, in London, is the airport on the Piccadilly subway line.
The anthem of Swaziland begins with "O God, Bestower of the blessings of the Swazi".
South Dakota contains the geographic center of the U.S.
Khartoum, Sudan rises where the Blue Nile and White Nile converge.
Bonn is the capital of West Germany.
South Africa exports goods through the port of Durban?
The Yangtze River in China is known as The Child of the Ocean.

The Ural mountains separate Europe from Asia.
The Lone Star State is the nickname for Texas.
Gorki Park is in Moscow.
Expo 70 was staged in Osaka, Japan.
The capital of Taiwan is Taipei.
The Hall of Mirrors if located in The Palace of Versailles.
Ulan Bator is the capitol of Mongolia.
The most common surname in the world is Chang.
The Dead Sea is bordered by the countries of Israel and Jordon.
Kew Gardens is in London.

London is served by Gatwick Airport.
Bond Street is located in London.
In Lyon, France thehotel de ville is the city hall.
In Frankfurt the rathaus is the city hall.
In France a hotel-dieu is a hospital.
Banff National Park was Canada's first national park.
You would be exploring the Grand Canyon if you followed the Bright Angel Trail down to the Colorado River.
Sicily has been called The Jewel of the Mediterranean.
Belgrade is the capital of Yugoslavia.
The largest fresh-water lake in the world is Lake Superior.
Lake Superior is the largest lake in the Americas.
The smallest of the Great Lakes is Lake Ontario.
Horatio Nelson is the admiral that stands over London's Trafalgar Square.

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The Bowery is known as New York City's Street of Forgotten Men.
Broadway is the street that contains The Great White Way.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is predicted to topple between 2010 and 2020.
New York City is home to Battery Park.
Ecuador is named for a line of latitude that runs through it.
Britain's flag is the one most incorporated into other country's flags.
The most common color on the fields of U.S. state flags is Blue.
Baloney was first served in Bologna, Italy.
The Mormons established Salt Lake City as their headquarters in 1847.
The two official languages of South Africa are English and Afrikaans.
Gumbo Limbo Trail is located in the Everglades National Park.


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