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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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    The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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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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    An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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