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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Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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