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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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    If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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    More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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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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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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