Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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