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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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    It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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    The Mysterious 200 ft Circular Baltic Sea Anomaly
    In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
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    There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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    Israel's Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.
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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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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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    Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.
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