The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C.

The town of Churchill, Manitoba, located in Canada, is known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World".

La Paz, Bolivia has an average annual temperature below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. However, it has never recorded a zero-degree temperature. Same for Stanley, Falkland Islands and Punta Arenas, Chile.

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