Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall at 979 meters.

The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye — this is a common myth.

The Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937.

The longest river in the world is often considered to be the Nile.

The shortest commercial flight in the world operates between two Scottish islands — Westray to Papa Westray — lasting about 90 seconds.

The Atacama Desert in Chile is so dry that some weather stations there have never recorded rain.

Nan Madol is an ancient city built on artificial islets in Micronesia.

About 90% of humans live in the Northern Hemisphere.

There are more than 17,000 islands in Indonesia — making it the world's largest archipelago country.