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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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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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 state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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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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Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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