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    The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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    There's a lake under Antarctica that is 25 million years old called Lake Vostok.
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    Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
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    If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.
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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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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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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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