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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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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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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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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