The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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