The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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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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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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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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