Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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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 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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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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