Serena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open while eight weeks pregnant.

The Earth's continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangaea.

More people live in Tokyo than in the entire country of Canada.

The first novel ever written is widely considered to be 'The Tale of Genji', written by a Japanese woman around 1000 CE.

The largest living structure on Earth is the Great Barrier Reef.

The Black Death significantly reduced Europe’s population in the 14th century.

The Sahara Desert spans across multiple countries in North Africa.

Urban populations now exceed rural populations worldwide.

The shortest commercial flight in the world is between two Scottish islands — it lasts about 90 seconds.