Geographical Facts

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    Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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    The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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    The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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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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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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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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    Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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