An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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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 state of Florida is bigger than England!
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The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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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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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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