Geographical Facts

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    In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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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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    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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    Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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    Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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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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