Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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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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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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