In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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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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