Geographical Facts

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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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    The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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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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    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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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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