The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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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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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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