Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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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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If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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