An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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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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Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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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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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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