The first people to climb Mount Everest did it in 1953.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the very top of the world's tallest mountain and come back safely.
💡 Nature & Space — Fun Facts
Fun “Did you know?” facts about Nature & Space — tap through 10 at a time!
The largest cave in the world is in Vietnam.
Son Doong cave is so big that a whole block of tall buildings could fit inside it — it even has its own clouds and a jungle.
The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth.
It is almost as big as the whole United States, and it is mostly rock and gravel with some giant sand dunes.
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth.
Its peak is about 8,849 metres above the sea — so high that the air is too thin to breathe easily and it is freezing cold all year.
The Amazon rainforest is home to more than 3 million kinds of plants and animals.
The Amazon is the most life-packed place on land, and new species are still being discovered there all the time. A single tree can be home to more kinds of insects than some whole countries.