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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 percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
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    Check your map! Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.
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    In 1850, only 8% of the people in California were women.
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    There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world 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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    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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    More than 25% of the world's forests are in Siberia.
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