Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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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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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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