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    The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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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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    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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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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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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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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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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