Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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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 North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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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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