Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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