Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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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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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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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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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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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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