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Funny Trivia and Useless Knowledge from The Comedy Zone. |
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Pisa, Italy is six miles from the coast of the Mediterranean
now, but that sea rises and falls over the ages and Pisa was
a port city in the 5th century B.C. A couple of years ago excavators
found 15 ships with antique cargoes intact buried in the clay
under Pisa where it was left by withdrawing waters. |
The most populated city in the world is Shangai in China. |
In Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, it is customary
for the streets to be blocked off on Christmas eve so that
the people can rollerskate to church. |
Using satellite-surveying techniques, scientists have determined
that Los Angeles, California is moving east. At a rate estimated
to be about one-fifth on an inch per year, the city is moving
closer to the San Gabriel Mountains. |
The Vatican city, as well as being the smallest city in the
world, is also one of the only countries within another country
(it is inside Italy) The other is San Marino, also inside Italy. |
A building in Belgium was taxed if there was a street light
on it...unless a statue of the Virgin Mary were placed above
it. Hence, there are no buildings in the city without a statue
of the Virgin Mary. |
The longest official city name in the world is: Krungthep Mahanakhon
Amorn Rattanakosin Mahintara Yudthaya Mahadilok Pohp Noparat
Rajathanee Bureerom Udomrajniwes Mahasatarn Amorn Pimarn Avaltarnsatit
Sakatattiya Visanukram Prasit. It is the official name of Bangkok,
Thailand. |
In Chester, England, you can only legally shoot a Welsh person
with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.
The only trouble is finding one ;o) |
The first city in modern history to reach 1 million people
was London in 1811. |
We usually think of Montreal, Canada as a cold weather city,
and Paris, France as a much warmer city than Montreal, but
the fact is that Montreal is south of Paris.
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