Geographical Facts

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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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    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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    Fairy Bridge
    Fairy Bridge
    The largest natural bridge on Earth, the 'Fairy Bridge', was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google Earth.
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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    Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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