The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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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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If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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