Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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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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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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