Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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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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