"The water on our continent makes quite a splash. In addition to having one of the longest rivers on the planet, this continent also has what many consider to be one of the highest waterfalls."

"How on Earth did the first people on our continent possibly walk here from a neighboring continent, when there's a sea between us? Scientists believe some sort of bridge existed, thousands of years ago."

"Our continent? That's a good question -- some say we're part of one, others say we're part of another."

"Does this picture remind you of autumn leaves? That's what Astronaut Scott Kelly thought when he snapped this photo of Earth from space and tweeted 'Happy #FirstDayofFall' -- a perfect seasonal description for part of our continent in just a few days. You can dip your toes in two oceans from our continent, but the Pacific isn't among them."

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"Follow the money! On this continent, many separate countries use the same currency."

"Say what? There are so many different languages spoken on our continent, that it has one of the highest number of languages of all the continents."

"No matter how you measure it -- people, miles, or kilometers --  there are no continents larger than the one we are part of."

"Did you feel that? In our ring of the world, shaky places are all around."

"I like to think I know the shape of this continent like the shape of the back of my hand."

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"My name was changed, but my elevation wasn't -- I'm still the highest on this continent."

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