Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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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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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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