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阿拉斯加
占有整个美国一半以上的海岸线。
亚马逊
亚马逊雨林所产出的氧气占全球氧气的20%。
亚马逊河流入大西洋，水势凶猛，甚至在河流入海口以外100英里，人们依然可以从大海里汲取淡水。亚马逊河的水流量是排名紧随其后八大河流量的总和，亦是美国所有河流流量的三倍之多。
南极洲
南极是地球上唯一一个不属于任何一个国家的地方。
全球90%的冰覆盖在南极，这些冰占全球淡水资源的70%。听起来似乎很奇怪，但根本来讲，南极却是一片沙漠。平均年降雨量差不多只有两英寸。尽管冰雪盖满南极洲，南极洲却是世界山最干燥的地方，其绝对湿度甚至低于戈壁滩。
巴西
巴西的名字来源于巴西胡桃，而非巴西胡桃的名字起源于巴西。
加拿大
加拿大境内的湖泊比其他国家湖泊总数还多。而"加拿大"在印第安土语里的意思是"大村落"。
土耳其的伊斯坦布尔
土耳其的伊斯坦布尔是世界上唯一的一座横跨两个大陆的城市。
纽约市
"大苹果"是由20世纪30年代一群巡回演出的爵士音乐家最先使用。当时，苹果泛指任何城市。因此，纽约城，由于其重要性，被冠名"大苹果"。
纽约市的爱尔兰人比都柏林的爱尔兰人还多；纽约市的意大利人比罗马的意大利人还多。
西伯利亚
西伯利亚的森林占全球森林的25%。
（编译：刘可微）
Did you know...some neat facts I came across:
附：英文原文
Alaska
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska .
Amazon
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States.
Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.
Brazil
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.
Canada
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is a Native American word meaning 'Big Village.'
Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.
New York City
The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple.
There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin , Ireland ; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy
Siberia
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.
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