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- Did you know after Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water
- Did you know ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail)
- Did you know crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river
- Did you know New York was once called New Amsterdam
- Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
- Did you know the D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia
- Did you know New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline
- Did you know The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake
- Did you know the water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink
- Did you know Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January
- Did you know all of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast
- Did you know Britain was the first country to use postage stamps
- Did you know the oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island
- Did you know hypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.)
- Did you know over a third of all pineapples come from Hawaii
- Did you know the largest island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily
- Did you know the first taxi service began in New York in 1907
- Did you know Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock
- Did you know the world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
- Did you know 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia