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    The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month.
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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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    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    Lituya Bay Megatsunami
    The tallest wave in history was the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami, reaching a height of 1,720 feet (524 meters).
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    The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.
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    It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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    The Caspian Sea is also classed as the world's largest lake.
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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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    The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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