Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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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 city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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