The Himalayas continue to rise due to tectonic movement.

The 2019–2020 Australian bushfires burned millions of acres.

The Earth's crust is thinner beneath oceans.

The largest bowling alley in the world is in Japan and has 116 lanes.

The Aswan High Dam controls flooding of the Nile River.

New Zealand was one of the last places on Earth to be settled by humans, around 1250–1300 CE.

The Great Rift Valley in Africa may eventually split the continent in two, forming a new ocean in millions of years.

Greenland is the world's largest island — Australia is considered a continent.

The Petronas Towers were once the tallest buildings in the world.