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Wednesday, 22 April 2026
37 facts about Saint Petersburg
37 facts about Saint Petersburg
A city of many names
It was a dream and a matter of prestige for the Romanov dynasty to gain access to the Baltic Sea and build a metropolis to testify to Russia's emergin ...

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Los Angeles
It is the seat of Los Angeles County - the most populous and one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States.
Los Angeles itself has been recognized as the most ethnically diverse American city - the city's inhabitants are often referred to as Angelenos.
Ghent
In 1873, the founding meeting of the Institute of International Law took place in Ghent.
Shanghai
Apart from traditional cuisine, the people of Shanghai love KFC.
The first KFC opened in 1989 and has continuously been one of the most popular fast-food restaurants in the city.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York.
It is also the third largest city in North America, after Mexico City and New York. The population of Los Angeles is approximately 4 million people.
Munich
It is located on the Isar River.
The name comes from Celtic times, in that language isirás meant quick, fast, and strong. The river is 295 km long and flows into the Danube.
Shanghai
It has its own dialect.
Shanghainese is so distinctive from Chinese that most people from around the country cannot understand it.
Glastonbury
The place within the abbey, today considered King Arthur's grave, is in fact the place where the deceased's bones were moved in 1278.
The original grave remains unmarked and is located 15 m from the southern door of the Chapel of the Virgin Mary.
Chicago
The first American to receive the Nobel Prize in science in 1907 was Albert A. Michelson, who worked at the University of Chicago.
Vienna
Kulczycki is widely credited with opening the first café in Vienna and one of the first in Europe, known as the “House Under the Blue Bottle” on Schlossergassl Street, next to the cathedral.
In this establishment, to commemorate his victory over the Turks, he was said to have served crescen ...
Shanghai
It is located in the estuary of the Yangtze River.
One of the Yangtze man-made tributaries, the Huangpu River, flows through the city.