Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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