Interesting facts I just learned

[jellowrestling]

I never realized that:
New York is south of Rome
Reno is west of Los Angeles

[BigTex]

Paris is at approximately the same latitude as Vancouver.

Sunrise is observed on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal before the Atlantic Side.

[Bob Of Burleson]

If all the water in the world's lakes were spread over the Earth’s landmass, it would form a layer some four feet deep.

http://www.futurity.org/lakes-water-1319552-2/

[LibraryLady2]

Polar bears are having trouble living/fishing because the ice caps are melting and giving the bears less of a suitable place to live as before.
The bears are coming into villages and upsetting the humans.