Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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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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The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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