Geographical Facts

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    Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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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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    Fairy Bridge
    Fairy Bridge
    The largest natural bridge on Earth, the 'Fairy Bridge', was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google Earth.
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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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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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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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