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 Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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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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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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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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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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