Common Myths That Have Been Debunked By Science

The Sahara is Not the Biggest Desert on Earth

Technically, the term "desert" isn't unique to hot, sandy environments. All a place needs to do to be considered a desert is to be dry and inhospitable. Coincidentally, Antarctica is both of those things, thus making the entire continent the world's largest desert. 

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The More You Know

  • There are around 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. If you took them all out and laid them end to end, they’d stretch around the world more than twice.
  • Yosemite means "those who kill."
  • Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world's freshwater.
  • There are around 2,000 thunderstorms happening on Earth at all times.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.