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793 US counties do not have a single McDonald's.

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Diogo Ribeiro's maps, including this one from 1529, were the first to show the true extent of the Pacific.

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A tribunal settled the Alaska panhandle border in 1903, largely in the US's favour.

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This 2012 world map by Hellerick puts the North Pole at the centre and wraps the continents around it.

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The US Foreign Service Institute estimates English speakers need around 24 weeks of study to learn French or Spanish.

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At just 19, Charles V was elected Holy Roman Emperor on top of ruling Spain and the Low Countries.

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Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, was founded in 1607.

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The first US census in 1790 found New York was the largest city, with 33,131 people.

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Northern India was at 40°C while the Tibetan Plateau, just across the Himalayas, was far colder.

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In 1354 the Ottomans took Gallipoli, their first stronghold in Europe.

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Europe's soils rated from 0 to 100 on their potential for growing crops.

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In the 1881 census, Smith was the most common surname across most of north-east Scotland.

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On his 1858 trip through Russia, Alexandre Dumas travelled as far as Baku on the Caspian Sea.

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This is Europe in 500 AD, a generation after the last Western Roman emperor was deposed.

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In 1881, most of the interior of Africa was still unexplored by Europeans.

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Since 1980, the centre of the US population has sat west of the Mississippi River.

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Most US states let you turn left on a red light, as long as you're going from one one-way street onto another.

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Just 71,968 people in Ireland speak Irish daily outside school, according to the 2022 census.

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Indiana's official demonym only changed from Indianan to Hoosier in 2016.

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In 1107 King Sigurd I of Norway set sail for the Holy Land with a fleet of about 60 ships.

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The Frome Hoard, found in a Somerset field in 2010, held 52,503 Roman coins in a single pot.