Geographical Facts

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    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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    A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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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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    The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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    It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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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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    Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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