Geographical Facts

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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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    The Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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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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    It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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    A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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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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