Although it may be surprising, Antarctica is the driest continent in the world. Antarctica is covered in ice sheets but it rarely receives rainfall.

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The current population of Shanghai is 17,836,133 people.

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The Atlantic Ocean is the world's second largest ocean. The equator subdivides it into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean.

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The total land area of those 7,107 islands is 300,000 km2 / 115,831 sq mi. That makes the Philippines the 73rd largest country in the world.

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Pearl Harbor is located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu near Honolulu.

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The population of Istanbul reached 13,854,740 on January 1, 2013.

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Canada is a home to more than 60% of world's lakes. The total number is unknown, but it has around 31,700 large (> 3 km2) lakes.

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Greenland. Although Australia (7,600,000 km2 / 2,900,000 sq mi) is larger than Greenland (2,130,800 km2 / 822,706sq mi), it is not considered an island but a continent.

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Antarctica is not owned by any country but several countries have their scientific bases there.

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On the Moon, Neil Armstrong said the famous words: 'That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.'

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The Amazon River, located in Brazil, Colombia and Peru, is regarded as the second longest river in the world.

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90%. Only 10% of the Earth's population lives in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Sydney is the largest Australian city, but Canberra is the capital of Australia.

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Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. It's depth is 1,637 meters / 5,369 feet.

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Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's tallest above-water waterfall at 979 meters (3,212 ft).

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