The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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 Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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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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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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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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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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