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- ...that the boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle vary depending on the author; some stating its shape is akin to a trapezium[disambiguation needed] covering the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas, and the entire Caribbean island area east to the Azores; others add to it the Gulf of Mexico? And that the more familiar, triangular boundary in most written works has as its points Miami, Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda?
- ... that Kid Chocolate became Cuba's first world boxing champion in 1931. On his retirement in 1938, he had a record of 135 wins, 9 losses and 6 draws? And that he was later recognized by the International Boxing Hall Of Fame?
- ...that the headquarters of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank are located at on the south western coast of Saint Kitts Island?
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- ... that 42 species of land gastropods lives in Dominica (endemic Amphicyclotulus amethystinus pictured)?