One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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