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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If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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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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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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