Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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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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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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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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