Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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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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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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