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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There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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 water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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