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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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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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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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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In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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