Portal:North America/Did you know

... that the Ulster cherry is named after Ulster County, New York, a region where sweet cherries are produced commercially?

...that Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro (pictured), a fortress which guards the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, was named after the biblical Magi?
...that Tropical Storm Larry caused five deaths and US$53.6 million in damage when it struck the Tabasco state of Mexico, the first landfall in the state since 1973?
... that the Chontal Maya of Tabasco consider themselves the direct descendants of the Olmec civilization?
... that during the Dead Rabbits Riot of 1857, residents of Mulberry Street in New York City were forced to barricade themselves in their homes?

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