Geographical Facts

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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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    Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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    More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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