#1: Venice is at the same latitude as Montreal (45.5 degrees North).

Let that sink in for a moment.

#2: London is not a rainy city.

London only gets an average of 23.7 inches (602mm) of precipitation per year.

That's the same amount of precipitation as San Francisco (23.7" or 601mm per year), and less than half the annual precipitation of New York City (49.9" or 1268mm per yr).

#3: Palm trees are not confined to the tropics.

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