Geographical Facts

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    Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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    The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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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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    A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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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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    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 longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!
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