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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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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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    If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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    The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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    One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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