New Zealand is one of the last large places on Earth to be settled by humans, reaching it around 1250–1300 AD.

There are caves on Earth so deep they have their own weather systems.

The Millau Viaduct in France is one of the tallest bridges in the world.

The first forests appeared during the Devonian period.

The Earth's crust is composed of tectonic plates.

The Andes Mountains are still rising today.

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

The Sahara Desert is larger than most countries.

Greenland is 80% covered by ice — if it all melted, global sea levels would rise about 20 feet.