Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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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