Random Facts about Antarctica! Antarctica is technically Earth's largest desert. Parts haven't seen rain in 2 million years. There's no official time zone at the South Pole since all longitude lines meet there. Researchers just use whatever time they want. Blood Falls is a five-story red waterfall caused by iron-rich saltwater trapped under ice for millions of years. Scientists who winter in Antarctica develop their own accent that disappears when they leave. Many Antarctic stations won't let you work there unless you've had your appendix and wisdom teeth removed first. Emergency surgery is basically impossible. Antarctica is the only continent with no native humans, no reptiles, and no snakes.
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TARDIGRADES: THE UNKILLABLE WEIRDOS These microscopic water bears can survive literally anything. Boil them, freeze them to near absolute zero, shoot them into space, nuke them with radiation 1,000x what would kill you, they just shrug it off. They do this by basically dying, then un-dying when conditions improve. They can stay "dead" for decades, then just pop back to life when you add water. We've accidentally left them on the moon. They're probably fine.
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