More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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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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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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