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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If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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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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It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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