Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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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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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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