The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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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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Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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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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