If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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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 state of Florida is bigger than England!
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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