If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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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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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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