Wednesday, August 17, 2011

FUN FACTS

* Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance. *

* Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long! *

* 10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river. *

* The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean. *

* An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards. *

* The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. *

* A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere. *

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