Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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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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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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The longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!
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