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...that
Ojos del Salado
(pictured)
is the highest volcano on Earth?
...that the
Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory
was originally built to study fluctuations in
Earth's magnetic field
?
...that
Atlantic hurricane reanalysis
is an ongoing project within the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
which seeks to correct and add new information about past
Atlantic tropical cyclones
?
...that
Robert Case
, a
National Weather Service
meteorologist
, dubbed the
1991 Halloween Nor'easter
"The Perfect Storm"?
...that the 1912
Novarupta
eruption of
Mount Katmai
was the largest of the 20th century?
... that the North
geomagnetic pole
is not the same as the
magnetic North Pole
, and that a
compass
points at neither?
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