Brazil has won the FIFA World Cup more times than any other country, with five titles.

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain above sea level.

Greenland is the world's largest island and is covered by an ice sheet containing 10% of the world's fresh water.

The Pangaea supercontinent existed before breaking apart.

The Pleistocene epoch included repeated glacial cycles.

The Nile is generally considered the world's longest river, but some measurements put the Amazon ahead depending on source point.

The Andes are one of the longest mountain ranges in the world.

The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest non-polar desert on Earth — some weather stations there have never recorded rain.

Africa is so large that the United States, China, India, and most of Europe could all fit inside it simultaneously.