Toronto’s Yonge Street was once thought to be the world’s longest street, but only if you consider Highway 11 as an extension of the road.
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The term bailiwick survives in Britain’s Channel Islands where you have the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. It is an area of jurisdiction of a
In Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands are officially named “Archipiélago de Colón” or the Archipelago of Columbus which explains why some of the individual islands have
The first city to reach a population of one million people was Rome, Italy. It reached that mark in 133 B.C. Today, there are more
Looking for a road-trip challenge? Consider the E40, Europe’s longest route. It connects Calais, France to Ridder, Kazakhstan and all 8,000 kilometres in between.
Between 50,000 and 100,000 people live in 198 enclaves along the Bangladesh–India border. These enclaves, known as chitmahals, are bits of Indian territory in Bangladesh
Unless they are owned by a high official, all gondolas in Venice, Italy have to be painted black.
There is only one state in the United States with a one-syllable name: Maine.