The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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