Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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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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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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