Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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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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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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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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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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