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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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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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    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 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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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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    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    The tallest wave in history was the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, reaching a height of 1,720 feet (524 meters).
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    The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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