Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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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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Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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