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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More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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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 North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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