The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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