One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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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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In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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