Geographical Facts

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    The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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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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    The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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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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    In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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