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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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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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    If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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    Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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    Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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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 percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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