Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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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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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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