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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Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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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 Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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