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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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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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    The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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    More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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    The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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    If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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