The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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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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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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