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Reno, Nevada sits farther west than Los Angeles

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Damascus may be the oldest continuously inhabited city

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Istanbul straddles two continents

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La Paz is the world's highest capital city

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Tokyo is the world's largest urban agglomeration

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Venice stands on millions of wooden piles

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27 May 1703

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Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of St. Petersburg

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