The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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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 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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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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