Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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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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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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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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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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