Geographical Facts

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    The water of the Antarctica is so cold that nothing can rot there.
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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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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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    Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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    The Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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    More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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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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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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