The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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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 warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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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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