There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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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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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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