The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode 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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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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