Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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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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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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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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