Geographical Facts

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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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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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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 Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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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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    The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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    Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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    In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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