Geographical Facts

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    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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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 Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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