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Angel Falls, Venezuela is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. The water drops 3,212 ft (979 m).

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Ice caps, glaciers and permanent snow store around 65% of all the fresh water on our planet.

Water is the most dense at 4 degrees Celsius (39.2 Fahrenheit); one liter at this temperature weighs almost exactly one Kilogram.

A city the size of New York consumes 1 billion U.S. gallons of water per day; enough to fill 1,480 Olympic sized swimming pools.

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Rome, Italy is the city with the most fountains in the world, totaling more than 2000.

Rome, Italy is the city with the most fountains in the world, totaling more than 2000. The closest competitor is Kansas City, having 200 fountains.

More than 1.5 million seeds of various plants from around the world are stored at the Svalbard global seed vault in Norway. To ensure the safety of the seeds, it was built inside a tunnel carved under a mountain.

The first person to ride down Niagara falls in a barrel and survive was a 63 years old dance teacher from Pennsylvania named Annie Taylor. Before taking the plunge, she launched a test barrel with her cat inside. The cat survived.

The world biggest wedding cake weighs 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg).

The highest permanent settlement in the world is the city of La Rinconada, Peru located at 16,700 ft (5100 m) above sea level. It's inhabited by 50,000 brave souls who illegally mine the mountain for gold.

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