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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The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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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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If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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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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