Geographical Facts

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    Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
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    The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking!
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    Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir!
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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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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    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
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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 average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
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