Geographical Facts

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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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    Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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    The Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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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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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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