The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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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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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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