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DID YOU KNOW?
Disney World in Orlando, Florida covers
30,500 acres (46 sq miles), making it twice
the size of the island of Manhattan.
The Pantheon is the largest building from ancient Rome that survives intact.
The Empire State Building is struck by lightning about 100 times each year.
Reykjavik, Iceland is the world's most northerly capital city.
The tallest monument in the United States is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri at 630 feet tall.
The longest fence in the world is in Australia and it runs for over 3,436 miles (5,530 km).
On every continent there is a city called Rome.
It is forbidden for aircraft to fly over the Taj Mahal.
The World Trade Center towers in New York City had two zip codes, 10047 and 10048, one for each building.
The height of the Eiffel Tower is over six inches higher in the summer than in the winter.
In São Paulo, Brazil, there is a thirty-nine-story tall building that serves as a cemetery.
The Ice Hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden melts every April and has to be rebuilt the following winter.
In 1885 the Home Insurance Company of Chicago was the tallest building in the world. It was only 9 stories tall.
The seven spikes atop the Statue of Liberty’s head represent the seven seas and seven continents of the world.
Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world which spans two continents. The western side of the city is in Europe and the eastern side of the city is in Asia.
Buildings in Mexico City are sinking largely due to the excessive extraction of water to supply the 20 million inhabitants of the city's metropolitan area.
It takes a month to clean each of the Petronas Towers.
Neuschwanstein Castle was designed by Christian Jank, who was a theatrical set designer and not an architect.
On a clear day, you can see four states from the top of Chicago's Sears Tower: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
The Eiffel Tower is repainted every seven years with 50 tons of dark brown paint.
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