Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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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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The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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