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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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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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    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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    Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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    A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
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    Every person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.
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    Sheikh Hamad Had His Name Carved into Island
    Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
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