An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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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 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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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 names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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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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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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