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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 Eternal Fire
    The Eternal Fire
    A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for over 4,000 years, and is mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch, and in the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel.
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    Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.
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    The longest cave in the world is the 'Mammoth Cave System' in the USA at 560,000 mtrs deep!
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    The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century!
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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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    In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
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    The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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