The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.
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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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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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In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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Europe is the only continent without a desert.
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The Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.
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It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.
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The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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