Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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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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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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