Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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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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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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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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