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Odd Facts From History and Geography
A collage of curiosities notes Mammoth Cave in Kentucky supplied saltpetre for War of 1812 powder, U S state altitudes averaging about 2,500 feet, Haiti and Liberia as the only Negro republics, opossum species count near 200, and rings used by merchants in the 16th century. It also mentions pyramid labor at Giza and suggests a model at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Mammoth Cave
Southwest
Kentucky
Union
Haiti
Liberia
Egypt
Khufu
Metropolitan Audi of Art
New York City