The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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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 North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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