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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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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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    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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    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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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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