Geographical Facts

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    Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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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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