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Jamaica:
Jammin' Good Facts

• Jamaica's first settlers, the Arawak Indians, named the island Xaymaca, meaning "land of wood and water."

• In Negril, a local building law forbids the construction of any edifice taller than the highest coconut tree.

• Jamaica set the scene for the 1992 TV series Going to Extremes, as well as for box-office hits Cocktail, Clara's Heart, Prelude to a Kiss, Club Paradise, and Cool Runnings.

• The late part-time resident Ian Fleming borrowed the name of his dashing hero from the author of a Caribbean bird book. The name was Bond. James Bond.

• Fertile Jamaica grows an incredible 27 types of bananas.

• There are bamboo trees on the lush island that sprout up an amazing three inches every 24 hours.

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