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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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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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    One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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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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    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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    An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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    Fairy Bridge
    Fairy Bridge
    The largest natural bridge on Earth, the 'Fairy Bridge', was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google Earth.
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