Geographical Facts

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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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    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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    Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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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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    It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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    Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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    Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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