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A certain fungus discovered in Amazon (Pestalotiopsis microspora) can actually live exclusively on a diet of plastic
Source: factcoexist.com, Image: wikipedia
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In terms of water flow, the Amazon River is bigger than the next 8 largest rivers on Earth combined!
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
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Henry Ford once built a "work village" in the Amazon to harvest rubber. Today Fordlandia is an abandoned ghost town
Source: npr, Image: wikipedia
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Arapaimam is a 300 pound fish that lives in the Amazon and is covered in armor to protect it from piranha bites
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
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Scientists have found that winds in the Bodélé depression of the Sahara Desert sweep 40 million tons of dust across the Atlantic Ocean and onto the Amazon Basin every single year.
Source: iop.org, Image: wikipedia
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