A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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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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In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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