Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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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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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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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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Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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