Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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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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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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