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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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    An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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    The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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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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    More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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    In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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