Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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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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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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