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.
14
The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
175
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
243
The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
89
The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
62
The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
1
Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
52
The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
31