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Facts and legends from distant times span myths and data
The text combines claims about historic eruptions versus legends, a German Heide field claim as Europe’s deepest oil well, Loyalist flight to Canada after the American Revolution, Jamaica mahogany trees measured at 36 feet girth, the swordfish distribution, the Rialto Bridge in Venice built of marble in 1590 for over $500,000, and USAAF losses and shootdown totals in 1943.
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Europe
German Heide
United States
Canada
Jamaica
Venice
Rialto