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    The Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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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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    Louisiana is the only state that grows in land area every year (Due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River).
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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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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