Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long!
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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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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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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