In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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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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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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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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