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

  • The shortest scientific –ology word is "oology."
  • A reservoir in space holds 140 trillion times the amount of water in Earth's oceans.
  • But the loudest animal relative to its size is a water bug.
  • There was a flying dinosaur the size of a giraffe.
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