The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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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 '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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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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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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Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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