Geographical Facts

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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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    A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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    In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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    In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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    The Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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    Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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