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Like Rimini, like Horatio, like Fort Motte, like so many other farming communities in the state, Lone Star owes its existence to the railroad. More ... The Dead Sea is a curious place. It is part of the Great Rift Valley that cuts through the earth's crust from Mozambique to Turkey and divides the African and Arabian plates. The Jordan River runs into it and dies a salty death, 8.6 times the salinity of the ocean. The Dead Sea has no outlet. The only life in it is small quantities of bacteria and fungi. More ... |
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