Geographical Facts

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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 water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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    A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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    The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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    Fairy Bridge
    Fairy Bridge
    The largest natural bridge on Earth, the 'Fairy Bridge', was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google Earth.
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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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