One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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