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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The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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The longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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