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Alaska is less than 3 miles from Russia.
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The Fairbanks North Star Borough has no official temperature cut-off, so school is RARELY cancelled due to weather.
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Airplanes with piston engines are safe to fly until it's about 40 below; turbine-powered planes can fly to minus 60!
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Alaskans winterize their vehicles by installing block heaters which heat up the water in the block and circulate it through the engine. Oil pan heaters (which keep the oil fluid), transmission pans, power steering fluid heaters and battery blankets are also very common.
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You can actually "break" your hair off by walking outside with wet hair at 40 below.
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Alaska is larger than the next four largest states, combined!
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If New York City had the same population density as Alaska, only 16 people would be living in Manhattan.
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More than half the world's active glaciers are in Alaska.
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There are over 3,000 rivers and 3 million lakes in Alaska.