desert, n.Trivia

There are more stars in the universe than all the grains of sand in all the deserts and beaches in the world

George Lucas originally envisioned the planet Tatooine in Star Wars to be a jungle planet, but the idea of having to film in a jungle made him feel "itchy," so he decided to make it a desert planet instead.

Antarctica is the world's largest desert, as it doesn't get all that much rainfall.

By 400 BC, Persians had figured out how to store ice in the middle of summer in the desert.

The Sahara Desert is roughly the size of the entire United States.

Camels once lived in Arizona's deserts.

The Sahara Desert is made up of 900 trillion cubic meters of sand

The Sahara Desert stretches farther than the distance from California to New York.

Desert sand is not suitable to construction because it is too powdery

Europe is the only continent without a desert

Antarctica is the largest desert in the world

Camels are able to shut their nostrils during a desert sandstorm

Antarctica is the driest place on Earth. Some parts haven’t seen precipitation for years.

Libya is 90% desert.