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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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    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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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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