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Some Fun Facts about Miami

  • Miami is the only city in the USA bordered by 2 national parks (Everglades and Biscayne).
  • Miami’s Art Deco District contains the world’s largest collection of Art Deco Architecture.
  • Miami beach is a man-made island that was once a coconut grove plantation.
  • Miami Beach pharmacist Benjamin Green invented the first suntan cream in 1944. He accomplished this development by cooking cocoa butter in a granite coffee pot on his wife's stove.