Geographical Facts

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    There are 51 Geographical Facts!

    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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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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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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    Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
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    A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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