Times Square in New York City was originally called Longacre Square, but it was renamed in 1904 when The New York Times moved its headquarters there. Today, around one million people gather there each New Year’s Eve to watch the famous ball drop.
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The Welsh language is over 2,500 years old and is one of the oldest living languages in Europe!
Ghana has a population of over 35 million people, which is almost as many people as living in all of Canada!
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New York’s state constitution is one of the oldest in the country, first written in 1777, even before the United States Constitution was created.