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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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    Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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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 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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    10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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    If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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