In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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