There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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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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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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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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