One internet user has compiled a list of the most interesting Antarctica facts. From a birth that's forever in the Guinness Book of Records and Tinder matches to barren valleys with highest meteorite count and bloody waterfalls, the South Pole has a lot to offer if you dare to go there. So much so, that the more you know about this continent, the more mysterious it seems.
#1 An American Scientist Was The First And Only Person To Find A Match On Tinder In Antarctica
#2 There Are Places In Antarctica Which Haven't Received Rain Or Snow In 2 Million Years
#3 There Is A Waterfall In Antarctica Which Is Called Blood Falls
#4 More Meteorites Are Found In Antarctica Than Anywhere Else In The World
#5 70% Percent Of World's Fresh Water Is In Antarctica
#6 The Average Ice Sheet Thickness In Antarctica Is 1 Mile
#7 Antarctica Has No Official Time Zone
#8 The Largest Recorded Iceberg Was Bigger Than The Whole Island Of Jamaica
#9 Emilio Marcos Palma Was The First Person To Be Born In Antarctica
#10 The World's Oldest Sperm Was Found In Antarctica
#11 There Are Two Civilian Towns In Antarctica
#12 Sled Dogs Have Been Banned From Antarctica In 1994
#13 More Than 300 Large Lakes Exist Underneath The Ice Sheet
#14 The Lowest Surface Temperature On Earth Ever Recorded Is -144 °F (-98 °C)
#15 Mount Erebus Is One Of The Few Consistently Active Volcanoes On Earth
#16 Antarctica, The Arctic And Some Other Remote Islands Are The Only Places In The World Not Colonized By Ants
#17 Antarctica Was Once A Tropical Continent And It Can Become One Again Due To CO2 Emissions
#18 Antarctica Is 1.5 The Size Of US
#19 Antarctica Is The Only Continent Without Reptiles And Snakes
#20 Due To Climate Change, Antarctica Has Lost 3 Trillion Tons Of Ice In Just 25 Years
#21 Earth's Gravitational Pull Is Shifting Because Of Climate Change
#22 Antarctica Has One ATM
#23 Winds Can Reach The Speed Of 200 Miles Per Hour
#24 The Highest Temperature Ever Recorded On Antarctica Was 63.5 °F (17.5 °C)
#25 Antarctica Is The Coldest, Windiest And Driest Continent
#26 There Are No Polar Bears In Antarctica, Only In The Arctic
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