Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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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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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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