It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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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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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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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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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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