Geographical Facts

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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    The tallest wave in history was the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, reaching a height of 1,720 feet (524 meters).
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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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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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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