The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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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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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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