Geographical Facts

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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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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 Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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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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