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Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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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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Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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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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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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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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The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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