Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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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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Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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