Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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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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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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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 city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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