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 Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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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 Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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