Geographical Facts

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    The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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 Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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    It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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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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    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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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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