Geographical Facts

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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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    More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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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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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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