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The hot springs at Yellowstone are so acidic, they can dissolve a human body overnight. |
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The "sand" at White Sands National Park isn't real—it's an optical illusion. It's not actually made of sand—it's a gypsum dune field (and the largest of its kind on the planet). The crystals reflect the sun, making them shimmer white to the human eye and feel cool to the touch. |
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There's an underground lunchroom hidden 750 feet below Carlsbad Caverns National Park. |
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One of President Lincoln's assassinators (Samuel Mudd) was imprisoned in the fort at Dry Tortugas National Park. |
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Death Valley is the hottest place on the planet where the temperature was recorded at 134 degrees in 1913 |
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison is so deep (2,722 feet) that sunlight only reaches the floor for 33 minutes each day. That's how it got it's name, not from the color of the rocks. |
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Indiana Dunes National Park (on the shore of Lake Michigan) has more plant and animal species than the entire state of Hawaii. |
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Acadia National Park is the first place to see the sunrise between October and March |
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There are hundreds of centuries-old shipwrecks hidden underwater at Biscayne National Park which is 95% underwater. |
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The Gateway Arch is double the height of the Statue of Liberty. |
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The oldest human bones (dating back to 13,000 BCE) in North America were found at Channel Islands National Park. |
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The California condors at Pinnacles National Park have a wingspan the length of a compact car; 10 feet |
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The Hoh Rain Forest at Olympic National Park receives more precipitation (up to 12 feet) every year than the Amazon (7.5 feet). |
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The One World Trade Center (1,776 feet tall) could fit underwater at Crater Lake National Park (1,943 feet deep). |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park is also known as the salamander capital of the world. |
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The Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park is about as old as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Anasazi lived here for 700 years (between 600 and 1300 CE). |
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A rare type of pine tree in Great Basin National Park can live for more than four millennia. The oldest living one in the park is named Methuselah and has racked up 4,765 years on this planet. |
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The rock formations at Voyageurs National Park are half as old as the planet. |
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Mammoth Cave National Park has the longest cave system on Earth; 400 miles |
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Saguaro National Park is the one place in the world you can find the giant 70-foot-tall cactus. |
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park is the only national park named after a person. |
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The world's largest tree can be found at Sequoia National Park. General Sherman rises above the forest floor to reach 275 feet in height and is 36 feet in diameter at its base. |
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Historic Route 66 drives right through Petrified Forest National Park. |
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The four tallest mountains in Texas are in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. They rise between 8500 and 8750 feet tall |
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In one year (between 1914 and 1915), there were more than 150 eruptions at Lassen Volcanic National Park. |
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Some rock formations in Joshua Tree National Park are four times older than dinosaurs. |
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There are more "hoodoos" (irregular columns of rock) in Bryce Canyon National Park than anywhere else on earth. |
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There are only two seasons (wet and dry) in Everglades National Park. |
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A football field could fit inside the largest arch (306 feet) at Arches National Park. |
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Hot Springs is the oldest protected area in the National Park System. Established as Hot Springs Reservation in 1832 to preserve the local waters. |
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There's a hike (The Subway) so difficult at Zion National Park you need a permit. |
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No tree at Redwood National Park has ever been touched by an ax. |
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