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Interesting facts I just learned

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 1:51 pm
by jellowrestling
I never realized that:
New York is south of Rome
Reno is west of Los Angeles

Re: Interesting facts I just learned

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:38 pm
by 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.

Re: Interesting facts I just learned

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:59 pm
by 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/

Re: Interesting facts I just learned

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:09 pm
by 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.