HARDminute Factoid 31. Interesting USA geography

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(Thanks to my fishing buddy and bridge partner, John Damgaard in Victoria for these)
1. More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.

2. The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as deep as 20 Empire State Buildings but only 3 inches wide.

3. Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

4. The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's who used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple. There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.

5. St. Paul, Minnesota, was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.

6. Los Angeles full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

7. There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio; every one is man made.

8. Woodward Avenue in Detroit , Michigan, carries the designation M-1, named so because it was the first paved road anywhere.

9. Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A.: 1%, in Canada: 75%

10. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

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