The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from 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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It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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