Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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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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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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