Just Facts
The lake of Death located in Sicily is considered the most "dead." Any living creature that ends up in this lake dies immediately. The reason for this is two springs located on the bottom that poison the water with concentrated acid.
In Algeria, there is a lake whose water can be used as ink.
In Azerbaijan, you can see "flammable" water. It can emit flames due to methane located underwater.
More than 1 million chemical compounds can be obtained from oil.
More than half of all people on Earth have never seen snow in person.
The flow rate of springs is approximately 50 km per day.
The air that people breathe consists of 80% nitrogen and only 20% oxygen.
If all the gold mined could be poured into a cube, it would correspond to the size of a seven-story building.
The surface of the Earth, when compared to a bowling ball, is considered smoother.
Göbekli Tepe is considered the oldest religious structure, built in the 10th millennium BC. The ruins of the oldest temple complex in the world, Göbekli Tepe, are located in modern-day Turkey. The drawings found on the remnants of the pillars have allowed scientists to suggest that about 11,000 years ago, a comet struck Earth, causing a drop in temperature across the planet.
Due to fluctuations in gravity, the mass of the Earth is unevenly distributed.
The status of the tallest people is held by the Dutch, while the shortest people are the Japanese.
According to a theory by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the cause of the mass extinction that wiped out 90% of species on Earth was just one bacterium called "methanosarcina." Its increase in the waters of the World Ocean 252 million years ago also triggered the only known mass extinction of insects. It is believed that this event paved the "way to life" for archosaurs—the ancestors of dinosaurs.
In Cameroon, on the border with Rwanda and the Republic of Congo, there are three deadly lakes located in craters. The magma beneath them emits lethal carbon dioxide.
The lowest point in relation to sea level is located between Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank—this is the Dead Sea, whose surface is 423 meters below sea level.
Due to climate change, the planet is losing its water reserves. It is estimated that from 2004 to 2009, the amount of ice decreased by 40%. The temperature of the ice can vary depending on the area in which it is located.
The most densely populated city in the world is Manila in the Philippines. As of 2007, more than 1.6 million people lived in an area of 38.55 sq. km.
The country with the lowest population density is Greenland. As of 2010, about 56,500 people lived in an area of 2.16 million sq. km.