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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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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