If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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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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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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