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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    The tallest wave in history was the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, reaching a height of 1,720 feet (524 meters).
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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 percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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    Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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