It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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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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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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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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