Geographical Facts

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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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    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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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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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 Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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    The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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