It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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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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