Geographical Facts

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    The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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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 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 fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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    More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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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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