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- A shark older than the United States.
Greenland sharks live in the cold North Atlantic and grow less than a centimeter per year. In 2016, researchers …
- Earth's biggest desert is made of ice.
Desert means dry, not hot: deserts receive less than 250 mm of precipitation a year. Antarctica, about 14 million km² …
- Everest isn't the point closest to outer space.
Earth is not a sphere: its radius is about 21 km larger at the equator than at the poles. Chimborazo in Ecuador is only …
- Everest would vanish into the ocean's deepest point.
The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench lies about 10,900 metres below sea level. Drop Mount Everest (8,849 m) in and …
- The 63-letter word a law deleted in 2013.
'Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz' (beef labelling supervision duties delegation law) …
- The largest animal that ever lived is alive today.
Blue whales reach nearly 30 meters and up to around 190 tonnes, heavier than any known dinosaur. A blue whale heart …
- The world's largest lake is called a "sea".
The Caspian Sea has no outlet to the ocean, which makes it a lake, and at about 371,000 km² the largest on Earth …
- The world's longest border is a 6-metre-wide clearing.
The border between Canada and the United States runs roughly 8,900 km, including 2,475 km with Alaska. It is the …
- The world's smallest state fits inside a city park.
Vatican City covers 0.44 km², roughly 60 football pitches, entirely inside Rome. About 900 people live there. The state …
- Which country has the most time zones? Not Russia.
France uses twelve time zones, more than any other country. The reason is its overseas territories: French Polynesia in …