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    The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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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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    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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    Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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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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    Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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