Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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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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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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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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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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