In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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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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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living 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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