Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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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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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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