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Detroit, Michigan...
- Has a population of just under 1 million registered inhabitants(2007), while the Metro Detroit area boasts 5.4 million (2007).
- Is home to the Motown sound founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1957.
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Built the nation's first urban freeway, the Davison, in 1942.
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Is home to the oldest state fair in the nation, first held in 1849.
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Is the potato chip capital of the world, based on consumption.
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Is home to the world's only floating post office. The J.W. Westcott II, can be
found on the Detroit River.
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Is north of Canada.
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Is second in the nation in fishing rod sales.
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Shares the world's first auto traffic tunnel between two nation; the
Detroit/Windsor Tunnel.
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Is home to the second tallest hotel in North America, the Detroit Marriott
Renaissance Center, at 73 stories.
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Created the nation's first soda, Vernors. It was created in Detroit by
pharmacist James Vernor in 1862.
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Has the most registered bowlers in the United States.
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Was the first city in the nation to assign individual telephone numbers in
1879.