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    In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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    In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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    Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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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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    Fairy Bridge
    Fairy Bridge
    The largest natural bridge on Earth, the 'Fairy Bridge', was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google Earth.
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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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