The highest basketball shot ever made was from 105 meters by How Ridiculous in Australia.

There are abandoned cities hidden around the world that were evacuated suddenly.

Fact #2751 · Geography

The Nile Delta is sinking — it's being weighed down by sediment and eroded by rising seas.

Fact #3913 · Geography

The Colosseum in Rome was completed in the first century.

Fact #139 · Geography

The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye — it's too narrow relative to its length.

Fact #3961 · Geography

The city of Jericho is one of the oldest known walled cities.

Fact #1667 · Geography

Antarctica is the only continent with no native population and no permanent residents except researchers.

Fact #3994 · Geography

Mount Everest grows slightly each year due to tectonic activity.

Fact #166 · Geography

The Earth's crust is thinner beneath oceans.

Fact #264 · Geography