Here are some interesting facts about the world:


[url]https://worldfacts.us/ [/url]is the only planet not named after a god.
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space without aid, contrary to popular belief.
The world's largest desert is not the Sahara but Antarctica, which is classified as a cold desert.
The Amazon Rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen.
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
The Earth's oceans contain more artefacts and human history than all of the world's museums combined.
Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, is still growing by about a quarter of an inch (0.64 cm) every year.
The world's oldest known living tree is a bristlecone pine named "Methuselah" that is over 4,800 years old.
Russia is larger in land area than Pluto.
The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896, lasting just 38 minutes.
The Pacific Ocean is so vast that all of the world's continents could fit into it.
There is a desert in Africa called the Sahara Desert that was once lush and green, covered in lakes and vegetation, thousands of years ago.
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have even found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
The world's largest volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, is over 30,000 feet tall when measured from its base on the ocean floor, making it taller than Mount Everest.
Antarctica is the windiest and driest continent on Earth, and it's also the coldest, with temperatures that can drop as low as -128.6°F (-89.2°C).

These are just a few fascinating facts about the world. There's so much to learn and discover about our planet and the universe.