Lie of the Day #966

June 30th, 2009 by Fweeb

One of the world’s strangest natural phenomena exists in the state of Missouri. In fact, it is Missouri. Due to an inexplicable abnormality in the Earth’s magnetic field, all flat surfaces within the state borders levitate off of the ground by 6 to 14 inches. The phenomenon is most apparent in the city of St. Louis where the entire half of the city that lies within Missouri floats exactly 7.25 inches from the ground.

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