Interesting and Unbelievable Facts

Europe is the 2 nd smallest continent after Australia. However, it has the 2 nd highest population density after Asia. The North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe from North America and Africa. However, there is no clear boundary between Asia and Europe. The frontier between these two continents generally includes the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Aegean Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus Strait, the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, and the Greater Caucasus. There are 44 sovereign countries in Europe. Russia, a transcontinental country, is the largest and most populous European country. The largest and most populous countries entirely inside Europe are Ukraine and Germany . Historians divide European history into various periods according to their characteristics. The most prominent periods include ancient history, Middle Ages, Renaissance, industrial revolution, and European colonization. The two world wars in the 20 th Century declined the dominance...

Along with Antarctica, Greenland is the only ice sheet area on earth. Ice sheets are areas permanently covered by ice with a size of more than 50,000 km 2 .  Greenland is also the world’s largest island . It covers an area of more than 2.1 million sq. km. The size of the second largest island, New Guinea, is only 821,400 sq. km. More than 80% area of Greenland is covered by permanent ice , the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere. It contains nearly 12% of glacier ice in the world.  According to research, the Greenlandic ice sheet is more than  400,000 years old . Some part of this ice is nearly one million years old. ( Source ) The Greenland ice sheet is melting at around 240 cubic km per year. The complete melting of Greenlandic ice will cause the sea level to rise by more than 7 meters (23 feet). Despite being one of the world’s largest countries by area, the population of Greenland is just over 55,000. Its population density (around 0.03 people per s...

South America is the 4 th largest and 5 th most populous continent. There are 12 sovereign countries and three dependencies on this continent. Spanish is the majority language in most countries of South America (except Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana , and Surinam). Due to this factor, the continent is also called  Latin America. Bolivia (55%) and Peru (45%) are the only two South American countries with a majority of the  indigenous population . People of European descent  are the largest ethnic group in Argentina (97%), Uruguay (88%), Chile (55%), and Brazil (48%). Colombia, Peru, and Brazil have the highest number of  bird species,  with more than 1,800 species each. Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela have the world’s 5 th , 6 th , and 7 th  highest bird species. ( Source ) Brazil (1,022), Colombia (771), Ecuador (626), and Peru (572) have the highest number of  amphibian species  in the world. ( Source ) Football is the most popular sport...

Africa is the 2 nd largest continent by both area and population. It covers around 20% of the total land area and contains 16% of the world’s human population. Africa’s Lake Tanganyika is the  longest freshwater lake.  It is the world’s second deepest, second largest by volume, and the second oldest   freshwater lake. ( Source ) Lake Victoria, one of the African Great Lakes, is the world's  largest tropical lake  and the second-largest freshwater lake.  ( Source ) Lake Nyos and Lake Manoun in Cameroon and Lake Kivu, at the border between Congo and Rwanda, are known as  exploding lakes . These lakes can explode and cause extensive damage due to the release of stored Carbon dioxide. ( Source ) Mt. Nyiragongo in DR Congo contains the world’s largest lava lake. This volcano has erupted more than 30 times since 1882. ( Source ) Loango National Park in Gabon is known as  Africa’s Last Eden . This park is one of the few natural ...

Asia is the largest continent. It contains around 60% of the world’s total human population and 30% of the earth’s land area. Many famous  ancient civilizations (Mesopotamia, ancient China, Indus Valley civilization, etc.) originated from Asia. Asia is the birthplace of several major  religions  such as  Islam , Christianity , Judaism , Hinduism , Buddhism , and Confucianism. People in Asian countries have the  highest IQ level  in the world. The top 5 countries with the highest IQ level (Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, China, and South Korea) are in Asia. ( Source ) The world’s four  largest metropolitan areas  (Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, and Dhaka) are in Asia. Three other Asian cities (Beijing, Mumbai, and Osaka) are also among the 10 largest cities in the world. ( Source ) Four of the five  most populous countries are in Asia (China, India, Indonesia , and Pakistan). Anther Asian country (Bangladesh) is also among the ten most popul...