One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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The longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!
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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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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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