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on Oct 17, 2024

Message Cliff
Beacon Point
Signal Hill
Wireless Hill

Signal Hill. Guglielmo Marconi sent the first transatlantic wireless message in 1901.

Geography Trivia / October 16, 2024

8 Hours. On May 21, 2004, Sherpa Pemba Dorjie set the record for the fastest ascent of Mt. Everest at eight hours, ten minutes.

Geography Trivia / October 16, 2024

Seven. In 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state to be admitted to the Union.

Geography Trivia / November 14, 2024

Nile. The longest river in the world, the Nile, is longer than the U.S. is wide.

Geography Trivia / November 14, 2024

Public Garden. Boston's Public Garden was proposed as the first public botanic garden in the United States, promoted by philanthropist Horace Gray.