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Fun fact 1 about Black Sea

The Danube Spills into the Black Sea
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The earliest known name of the Black Sea is the Sea of Zalpa, used by the Hattians and Hittites.

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18th largest ocean in the world

The Black Sea is a marginal sea located between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bordered by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.

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