Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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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 warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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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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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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