Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
45
The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
119
Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
25
The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
89
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
243
There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
47
The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
49
