1.The world's largest desert is not the Sahara, but actually Antarctica, which is technically a polar desert.
2.More people in the world own mobile phones than toothbrushes.
3.There is a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean called Tristan da Cunha, which is the most isolated inhabited place on Earth, with the nearest city being 1,500 miles away.
4.The world's tallest waterfall is Angel Falls in Venezuela, which drops 3,212 feet (979 meters) from the top of the Auyán-Tepui mountain.
5.Lake Baikal in Russia is the deepest lake in the world, with a maximum depth of 5,387 feet (1,642 meters).
6.The longest mountain range in the world is the Andes, stretching over 4,300 miles (7,000 kilometers) down the west coast of South America.
7.The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living structure on Earth, spanning over 1,400 miles (2,300 kilometers).
8.The world's largest cave chamber is the Sarawak Chamber in Malaysia, which is big enough to fit 40 Boeing 747s inside.
9.The most densely populated country in the world is Monaco, with over 19,000 people per square kilometer.
10.Mount Everest is not the tallest mountain in the world, but actually Mauna Kea in Hawaii, which measures 33,474 feet (10,203 meters) from its base on the ocean floor to its summit above sea level.
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