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The official name of this West African country is the Republic of Benin, and it used to be called Dahomey until 1975!
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Florida’s state flower is the orange blossom, which smells sweet and grows on the same trees that produce oranges!
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a New York tradition since 1924, and the parade’s giant balloons were introduced in 1927 because real zoo animals used in earlier parades scared children.
After the huge 1755 earthquake in Lisbon, the city was rebuilt with special Pombaline buildings designed to sway and stay standing during future quakes!
The Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District has over 800 buildings from the 1920s and 1930s, making it one of the largest collection of Art Deco architecture in the world!