The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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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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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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