More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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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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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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