Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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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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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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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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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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