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Unique Facts the Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos:

...have the third largest barrier reef in the world?
...where once Spanish and later French territory?
...were liberated from the French by Horatio Nelson of Trafalgar fame?
...supplied salt to George Washington?
...were once ruled by a President, but stopped because they couldn't afford the cost?
...were going to go independent in 1982, but didn't because they couldn't afford the cost?
...were the first land reached by astronaut / senator John Glenn after the Mercury space mission in 1962?
...have a distinctive ship design, the Caicos Sloop, based on Bermudan sloops used to carry salt?
...once had an igloo on their flag due to a map-making clerk's error?
...were once a part of The Bahamas and later Jamaica ?
...were considering joining Canada in 1973?

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