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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    The tallest wave in history was the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, reaching a height of 1,720 feet (524 meters).
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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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    The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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    Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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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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