Alaska is the western-most AND eastern-most state of the United States. Its islands stretch so far they actually cross the 180th meridian - the global dividing line between "east" and "west".

About 45% of leisure visitors to downtown New York City come from outside the United States.

If there are two full moons in a month, the second one is called a blue moon.

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