In the video above, created by the YouTube channel “Kurzgesagt”, the narrator explains everything you might need to know about our home planet.

Did you know?

• Antarctica contains about 70% of Earth’s fresh water and 90% of its ice.

• Humans have only explored 5% of the ocean. The ocean makes up 70% of the earth’s surface.

• It’s thought that in 140 million years, the length of a day will have increased to 25 hours as a result of our decelerating rotation.

• Earth’s hottest temperature ever recorded was in El Azizia, Libya, where it reached 136°F (57.8°C) on September 13, 1922.

• The driest spot on Earth is the Atacama Desert, in Chile and Peru, where there are places that rain has never been recorded.