The world's highest golf course is the Yak golf course in Kupup, India, at 4,200 meters above sea level.

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

Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt — over 200, though smaller in scale.

New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote, in 1893.

The Sahara Desert is one of the largest deserts in the world.

Glacial periods caused sea levels to drop significantly.

Australia is wider than the Moon — the continent spans about 4,000 km coast to coast.

Australia is wider than the Moon.

The Earth's continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangaea.