In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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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 Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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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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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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