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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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    In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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