Geographical Facts

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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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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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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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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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    The longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!
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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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    The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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