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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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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Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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