Geographical Facts

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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    The Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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    Fairy Bridge
    Fairy Bridge
    The largest natural bridge on Earth, the 'Fairy Bridge', was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google Earth.
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    Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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    The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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