The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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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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