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on Oct 19, 2025

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Porto-Novo. The city of Porto-Novo took its name from the Portuguese for "New Port".

Geography Trivia / October 19, 2025

Mt. Blanc. Mt. Blanc has continual snow cover on its peaks.

Geography Trivia / October 18, 2025

Texas. The King Ranch in Texas is larger than the state of Rhode Island.

Geography Trivia / October 18, 2025

Signal Hill. Guglielmo Marconi sent the first transatlantic wireless message in 1901.

Geography Trivia / October 17, 2025

8 Hours. On May 21, 2004, Sherpa Pemba Dorjie set the record for the fastest ascent of Mt. Everest at eight hours, ten minutes.

Geography Trivia / October 17, 2025

Seven. In 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state to be admitted to the Union.

Geography Trivia / October 16, 2025

Saudi Arabia. The CIA World Factbook listed Qatar as having the second-highest gross domestic product per capita in the world.