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According to the website www.visitdetroit.com, these are some fun trivial facts about Detroit:

• The Detroit River is a segment of the international border between Canada and the U.S. and marks the only point where Canada lies directly south of the U.S.
• Installed the first mile of paved concrete road, just north of the Model T plant in 1909
• Installed the country’s first traffic light in 1915 in downtown Detroit
• Built the nation’s first urban freeway, the Davison, in 1942
• Is home to the world’s only floating post office, the J.W. Westcott II, which can be found on the Detroit River
• Shares the world’s first auto traffic tunnel between two nations – the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel
• Is home to the second tallest hotel in North America – the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, at 73 stories
• Receives freighters from over 100 world ports on the Detroit River
• Is home to the oldest state fair in the nation, first held in 1849
• Is the potato chip capital of the world, based on consumption
• Has country’s largest island park within a city, Belle Isle Park
• Receives freighters from over 100 world ports on the Detroit River

Sources:
www.visitdetroit.com
American Automobile Association (www.aaa.com)

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