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    In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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    The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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    Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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    Fairy Bridge
    Fairy Bridge
    The largest natural bridge on Earth, the 'Fairy Bridge', was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google Earth.
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    A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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