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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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    An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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    Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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    Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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