Geography on Facts

What is the main square in Zagreb called?

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The square sits where Zagreb’s Upper Town and Lower Town meet, and it has been the city’s busiest meeting point for centuries. Trams criss-cross it, and the famous Dolac market is just a short walk up the steps.

What language is spoken in New Caledonia?

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New Caledonia lies about 1,200 km (750 miles) east of Australia. France took control in 1853, and the territory has a special status within the French Republic with its own government and wide powers over local affairs.

What language is spoken in Montreal?

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Montreal is one of the largest French-speaking cities in the world. Signs, public services and most daily life happen in French, but visitors who speak only English usually get by well, especially downtown.

What crop is grown on the Banaue Rice Terraces?

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The terraces climb mountain slopes up to about 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) above sea level, like giant green staircases. Filipinos sometimes call them the “Eighth Wonder of the World.”

How old are they?

For a long time, the terraces were said to be about 2,000 years old. More recent archaeological research suggests many were built a few hundred years ago, possibly around the time of Spanish colonization. Either way, they’re the work of countless generations of farmers, built largely by hand.

What time is it?

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Your local time

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World clock

New York

What time is it in Arizona?

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Phoenix, Arizona (most of the state)

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Why Arizona doesn’t change its clocks

Arizona tried daylight saving time in 1967 and dropped it the next year. In a desert where summer temperatures in Phoenix regularly pass 40°C (104°F), an extra hour of evening sun mostly meant more air conditioning, not more time outdoors. The state has stayed on standard time ever since.

What time is it in Australia?

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Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart

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Brisbane (Queensland)

What time is it in Hawaii?

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Honolulu, Hawaii

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Why Hawaii skips daylight saving time

Daylight saving makes the most sense far from the equator, where summer days are much longer than winter days. Hawaii sits in the tropics, at about 21° north, so its daylight hardly changes through the year: roughly 11 hours in December and 13 in June. Moving the clocks wouldn’t gain much evening light, so the state opted out in 1967.

What time is it in Japan?

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Tokyo, Japan

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One time zone for the whole country

Japan stretches about 3,000 km (1,900 miles) from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south, but every island runs on the same clock. Sapporo, Osaka and Naha all share Tokyo’s time.

What time zone am I in?

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Your time zone

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What the result means

Time zone name: The standard ID, such as America/Chicago, used by every major operating system. It names a region rather than an offset, because it includes the area’s daylight saving rules.
Abbreviation: A short name like EST, CET or IST. These can be ambiguous: IST means India Standard Time, but also Irish and Israel Standard Time.
UTC offset: How far your clock is from Coordinated Universal Time. UTC−5 means five hours behind UTC; UTC+9 means nine hours ahead.

Why your phone might show the wrong time zone

Phones and computers usually set the time zone from your location or network. If it’s wrong:

What time is it in Germany?

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:04:06 +0000

Berlin, Germany

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CET and CEST

Period	Name	Offset
Last Sunday of October → last Sunday of March	Central European Time (CET, MEZ in German)	UTC+1
Last Sunday of March → last Sunday of October	Central European Summer Time (CEST, MESZ)	UTC+2

Germany changes its clocks on the same days as the rest of the European Union and the UK, so it stays one hour ahead of London all year.

What time is it in California?

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California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego)

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PST or PDT?

Period	Name	Offset
First Sunday of November → second Sunday of March	Pacific Standard Time (PST)	UTC−8
Second Sunday of March → first Sunday of November	Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)	UTC−7

Clocks change at 2 a.m. local time. In 2026, they went back on November 1, so California is on PST until March 2027.

What time is it in India?

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India (IST)

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Why is India’s time zone 30 minutes off?

Most time zones differ from UTC by whole hours, but India sits at 5 hours 30 minutes. The reason is geography: the country is wide, and a single clock was set at the halfway point. IST is based on the 82.5° east meridian, which runs close to the city of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, roughly through the middle of India.

What time is it in London?

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London, United Kingdom

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GMT or BST?

Period	Name	Offset
Last Sunday of October → last Sunday of March	Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)	UTC+0
Last Sunday of March → last Sunday of October	British Summer Time (BST)	UTC+1

The changes happen at 1 a.m., which is why people in the UK say “spring forward, fall back.” The whole of the UK, including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, uses the same time.

What created the Giant's Causeway's basalt columns?

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:50:00 +0000

Standing on the Giant’s Causeway feels like walking on giant stepping stones laid by hand. The truth is just as dramatic, and it began with molten rock.

The science step by step

Volcanic eruptions: Molten basalt lava poured out through cracks in the Earth’s crust as the North Atlantic began to open.
A lava lake formed: Lava pooled in a thick layer, possibly in a river valley.
Slow cooling: The top and bottom cooled first. As the lava cooled, it contracted.
Cracking: Contraction created tension, and the rock split into a network of cracks that ran down through the layer, much like mud cracking as it dries.
Erosion: Over millions of years, the sea and weather wore away the surrounding rock, exposing the columns.

Why hexagons?

Cracks naturally meet at angles of about 120 degrees because that releases tension most efficiently, and that produces six-sided shapes. Not every column is a perfect hexagon: many have four, five, seven or eight sides. The slower the lava cooled, the larger and more regular the columns.