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 city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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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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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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