If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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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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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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Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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