French Polynesia facts
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There are only six places in world without Mosquitos Iceland ,New Caledonia ,French Polynesia,The Seychelles,Antarctica,Faroe Islands
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The people of the island of Mangareva of French Polynesia have developed their own binary number system 300 years ahead of Europeans.
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The people of Mangareva, an island in French Polynesia, developed a binary number system 300 years ahead of the Europeans.
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The Floating City Project. An effort to build a floating city in French Polynesia
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During the War of 1812, an American naval officer named Captain Porter landed on the island of Nuku Hiva in Polynesia and claimed it for the United States. The American sailors later abandoned it and it's now part of French Polynesia.
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In 2000, 24-year-old Fidel Maruhi hid in a Boeing 747 landing gear on a 7-hour flight from French Polynesia to Los Angeles. Found unconscious, Maruhi survived the altitude of 11.6km (38,000ft) and temperatures of -50°C (-58°F). His main motive was to shake hands with footballer Zinedine Zidane.
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There is an endangered snail that was once endemic to the French Polynesia, and half the world's population is in one room at a UK zoo.
