Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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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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The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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