One cubic mile of seawater contains about 50 pounds of gold.
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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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Venice Island was built on a foundation of tree trunks. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of central Venice.
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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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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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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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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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