The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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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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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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