Geography and Space

Bizarre Fact #71:
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The deepest point on the Earth's surface is in the Pacific Ocean located in the Marianas trench. This point is called the "Challenger Deep" and is 35,818 feet deep.

Bizarre Fact #72:
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The driest place on earth is Calama, in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Bizarre Fact #73:
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The Earth's rain forest are home to about 75% of all known species of plant and animal life.

Bizarre Fact #74:
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The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps.

Bizarre Fact #75:
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The Huang He (Yellow River) in China is also called "China's sorrow." This is because it overflows its banks, and has caused many destructions. One of the biggest floods was in 1887, where approximately one million people died in China because of the flood.

Bizarre Fact #76:
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The largest coral reef in the world is the Great Barrier Reef located in Australia. The reef is approximately 2023 kilometers long.

Bizarre Fact #77:
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The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest.

Bizarre Fact #78:
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The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan.

Bizarre Fact #79:
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The meaning of Siberia is "sleeping land."

Bizarre Fact #80:
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The oil that is found in poison ivy is called "urushiol."