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Fast Facts: Nov. 30
November 30, 2010
- The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minn., is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses.
- The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
- The north of Scotland’s oldest inhabited castles is Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye.
- The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.
- The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is the Chief Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota.
- There are places in Saskatchewan called Elbow, Eyebrow and Drinkwater.
