Geographical Facts

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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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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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    Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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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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