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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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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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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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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