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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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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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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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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