Geographical Facts

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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    The tallest wave in history was the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, reaching a height of 1,720 feet (524 meters).
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    It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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    An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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    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.
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    The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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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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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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