Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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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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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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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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