Portal:North America/Did you know
... that the
Ulster cherry
is named after
Ulster County, New York
, a region where sweet
cherries
are produced commercially?
...that
Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro
(
pictured
)
, a fortress which guards the entrance to Havana bay in
Havana
, was named after the
biblical Magi
?
...that the
French West Indies
refers to the two
French
overseas departments of
Guadeloupe
and
Martinique
, and also includes the Guadeloupean dependencies of French
St. Martin
,
Saint-Barthélemy
,
Les Saintes
,
Marie-Galante
and
La Désirade
?
... that the
Chontal
Maya of
Tabasco
consider themselves the direct descendants of the
Olmec
civilization?
... that the book
The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives
explores
U.S. military
expenditures on items including Southern
catfish
restaurants and
Dunkin' Donuts
?
More did you know
Show new list