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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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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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    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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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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    Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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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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    It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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