If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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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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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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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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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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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 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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