5 Cool Facts About Our Planet

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1. The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 56.7 °C (134.1 °F) in Death Valley, California on July 10, 1913. This is hot enough to cook an egg on the ground!

2. The deepest point in the world's oceans is the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, which reaches a depth of around 36,070 feet (10,994 meters) below sea level. The pressure there is over 1,000 times greater than at the surface.

3. Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth. The lowest temperature ever recorded was -129°F (-89°C) at Vostok Station in 1983.

4. The largest desert in the world is Antarctica, which covers about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km). Despite being covered in ice, it receives very little precipitation.

5. The Earth's magnetic north and south poles aren't exactly opposite each other on the globe. The magnetic north pole is actually several hundred miles away from the geographic North Pole in the Arctic Ocean.