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* In 1873, Jules Verne wrote a novel about a seemingly impossible feat, which he summed up in its title, Around the World in 80 Days.

* It's hard to beat the Big Apple, the Big Orange, and the Windy City as nicknames, but other cities keep trying. For example, Celery City (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Bison City (Buffalo, N.Y.), Insurance City (Hartford, Conn.), Pretzel City (Reading, Pa.), Cement City (Allentown, Pa.), Canoe City (Old Town, Maine), Chocolate City (Hershey, Pa.), Grass Capital of the World (Toledo, Ohio), Steel City (Pittsburgh, Pa.), and Pittsburgh of the South (Birmingham, Ala.).

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