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Discussion: Facts about your city or country
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Indianapolis has the largest children's museum in the entire world 
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-The famous Dalmatian dogs originally came from Croatia. Thanks to its eye catching white coat and black spots, the Dalmatian is one of the most easily recognizable dog breeds in the world. The breed takes its name from Croatia's region of Dalmatia, where it is supposed to have originated.
-Although it has a population of only 23 people, Hum in Istria, Croatia is officially a town and the Guinness World Record holder for the smallest town in the world.
-Dubrovnik, an independent state at the time, was the very first nation to formally recognize the United States as a nation, when it declared independence from Great Britain.
-The city of Zadar is home to the world's first Sea Organ that creates its music only by the action of the wind and waves.
-Croatians have their own alphabet or set of letters. It is called "Glagolitic" and emerged in the 9th century and was in daily use, along with the Latin alphabet, up to the 18th century.
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Originally posted by musicfan09
Can someone help me! I'm from PA.
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- The first American flag was made in Philadelphia by Betsy Ross.
- In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.
- In 1909, the first baseball stadium was built in Pittsburgh.
- In 1913, the first automobile service station opened in Pittsburgh.
- In 1946, Philadelphia became home to the first computer.
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Avenida 9 de Julio is the widest avenue in the world (140 metres). It is located in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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My country is Earth belly button
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My town is the ONLY German town without traffic lights + we have the highest suicide rate  |
Where do you live 
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Las Vegas' name means "the meadows" in Spanish, founded in 1905, incorporated March 16, 1911.
Vegas is called the entertainment capital of the world. It offers a lot by way of casinos, fine dining, live entertainment and a lot of shopping.
The Moulin Rouge, the city’s first racially integrated hotel, opened in 1955.
The First community college in Nevada opened in Elko in 1967, Great Basin College.
Since 1993, Las Vegas has had fourteen casinos imploded to make way for progress.
There are several supposedly haunted hotels/casinos, including The Stratosphere, Vegas' tallest observation tower.
Prostitution is not legal in Las Vegas or Clark County except in other counties.
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Edinburgh, Scotland:
- Edinburgh is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world and regularly polls as one of the best places to live, having won more than 12 UK Best City Awards in 8 years to 2013.
- Humans settled the Edinburgh area at least as long ago as the Bronze Age.
- Edinburgh is home to The Royal High School, one of the oldest schools in the country and the world. (Established 1128)
- Edinburgh's population is over 450,000 but that figure more than doubles to over a million during the famous arts festivals in August.
- Each year, Edinburgh hosts the biggest New Year street party in the world, known simply as Edinburgh's Hogmanay. Over 100,000 revellers enjoy wonderful music in Princes Street Gardens and, across the city at midnight, dazzling firework displays on all seven of the hills surrounding the city.
- Edinburgh City Region’s workforce is one of the most highly qualified in the UK with 43.6% of the population holding a degree level or professional qualification.
- Edinburgh has the highest GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita of any UK city outside London.
- JK Rowling, author of the famous Harry Potter books, wrote her first novel 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' in a café in Edinburgh.
- Sean Connery grew up in Edinburgh and, as a boy, delivered milk to Fettes College, where the fictitious character of James Bond was educated, as was Tony Blair, Britain’s Prime Minister (1997-2007).
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was born in Edinburgh.
- Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh.
- Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, was born in Edinburgh.
- Edinburgh University, one of the most famous universities in the world, was established in 1583.
- The word 'caddie' originated from the men who were hired to carry pails of water up the tenement flats in the Old Town of Edinburgh.
- When Charles Dickens misread the inscription on a tombstone in Canongate kirkyard in 1869, the character of Scrooge was born.
Scots are quite the innovators;
Television
Telephone
Penicillin
Refrigerators
Bicycle
Flush Toilets
Electric Toasters
Steam Engine
General Anaesthetic
ATM
Tarmac
Colour Photography
Golf
Football (apparently)
Tires
Postage Stamps
Postcards
Bionic Hands
MRI Scanners
Modern Lawnmowers
Kaleidoscope
Waterproof Jackets (The Macintosh)
Electric Clock
Animal Cloning
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The most southern town of Africa.
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(  at me not noticing this was watermarked)
My city:
- Ranks as the tenth cleanest city and third best city in the world to live in for quality of life, apparently.
- Is second only to Los Angeles in TV production and third in North America for Feature Film production.
- The West End neighbourhood has the largest gay community in the west (Can't believe it beat San Francisco  )
- Known to grow some of the best weed in the world due to the ideal climate conditions.
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Originally posted by NYotov
My city is where the Cheryl Cole incident happened.
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Your city produced a superstar? But clearly she's the only one worth mentioning from Newcastle!
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Capital:
Abu Dhabi
Language:
Arabic
Religion:
Muslim
Currency:
dirham
Life Expectancy:
74
GDP per Capita:
U.S. $22,100
Literacy Percent:
78
-22nd richest country in the world
-4th country with charity organizations in the world
-home of the TALLEST tower/building in the world
-home of Ferrari world: the only ferrari theme park in the world
-the 5th most rapid growing GDP per capita in the world
-United into 1 country from 7 sheikhdoms: Abu Dhabi (capital), Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Um Al Qaiwain, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujaira.
-home of the biggest shopping mall in the world, Dubai Mall; its visitors annually are more than New York's and Paris's combined.
-TAX-FREE COUNTRY
-ONLY country to host international artist acts (beside Lebanon & Egypt) [Madonna opened her MDNA tour last year here after Tel Aviv]
-Dubai, the second biggest city, hosts the longest metro circiut.
-Dubai is home of the largest manmade islands in the world shaped as the globe and palm trees
-will host the largest theme park in the world in couple of years: Dubai Land.
To name a few 
United Arab Emirates 
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The university of Dundee is the only university in the United Kingdom where you can study dual law, meaning when you graduate you can be a lawyer in Scotland and England
The band Snow Patrol was formed at the University of Dundee
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-Porter Ranch is an affluent neighborhood in the northwest region of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California.
-The district is largely composed of gated communities of upscale single-family detached homes, along with upscale townhomes, condos, and detached condos.
-Although now mostly comprised of the newer gated communities, the east side Porter Ranch consists of the original Porter Ranch suburban neighborhoods of late '60s to late 1980s houses (most famous for where the 1982 film Universal Studios & Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-terrestrial was filmed,
-The relatively isolated area later became the site of numerous movie stars' horse ranches.
-Porter Ranch is a sub-neighborhood of 5.59 square miles, within the Los Angeles city limits. With 4,462 people per square mile, it is among the lowest densities for the city of Los Angeles, but about average for the county.
-The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 60.9% White, 26.8% Asian, 7.5% Hispanic, 1.8% African American, 3.0% from other races.
-The median household income is $121,428 (2008 dollars), which is high for the city of Los Angeles and high for the county. In Los Angeles County, Bel-Air, Hidden Hills and Rolling Hills have the most similar household incomes. The percentages of households that earn $60,000 to $125,000 and $125,000 and up are high for the county.
- Porter Ranch is rated the wealthiest neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, with Encino being ranked as second. 
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My town doesn't even have 50,000 people 
Nothing even important here.
Only thing remotely noteworthy is the founder of Oxygen was from here 
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There's nothing interesting about my town but here are some facts about the state that I live in
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1. Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state
2. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States
3. Oregon and New Jersey are the only states without self-serve gas stations.
4. Eugene was the first city to have one-way streets.
5. Keiko the Orca stayed at the Oregon Coast Aquarium
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So my town used to be sort of railroad capitol of America. Now it's just the place white trash, fake gangstas, and stoners come to die.
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My city is the caviar, almond and tomato capital of the world.
Too bad I hate caviar, almonds and tomatoes!
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Australia was the second country in the world to allow females to vote
Most of Australia's exotic flora and fauna cannot be found anywhere else in the world
The largest Greek population in the world beside Athens in Greece can be found in Melbourne Victoria
Canberra was built as the capital because Sydney and Melbourne could not stop arguing which city should be the capital of Australia.
Australians refer to English people as Pomes, which is actually the acronym for Prisoners of Mother England.
In 1954 Bob Hawke made it into the Guinness Record Book for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob Hawke went on to become the Prime Minister of Australia.
There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia, and only some 20 million people.
There are 1500 species of Australian spiders. 
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The official national animal for Scotland is apparently a Unicorn
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Canada
-The 2nd largest country in size in the world.
-Contray to popular belief, the capitial city is actually Ottawa, and not the overrated mess that is Toronto.
-Lacrosse is the national sport of Canada, well hockey is obviously the most popular.
-Is often ranked one of the best places in the world to live
-The popular American sport of Basketball was invented by a Canadian.
A little about my hometown of Calgary:
-4th largest city in Canada, and is the largest city proper in North America in terms of actual size. (not in population.)
-Hosted the Winter Olympics in 1988.
-Is home to one of Canada's most famous annual festivals, the Calgary Stampede
-Superman 3 was filmed in Calgary, and some of its landmrks (including the Calgary Tower) can be seen through-out the movie.
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