Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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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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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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