Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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