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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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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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    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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    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 average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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    An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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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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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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