Movies
This 1937 Disney classic holds the title of the first feature-length animated movie every released.
This hit series features a telekinetic girl, a missing boy, and a monster from a parallel dimention.
What is: Stranger things
This massive Asian desert is known for freezing winters, not scorching heat, despite being one of the largest deserts on earth.
What is: The Gobi Desert
This ancient Roman city was preserved for centuries after a volcanic eruption covered it in ash.
What is: Pompeii
This ice giant rotates at a 98-degree tilt, essentially rolling around the sun like a ball.
In this 1993 blockbuster, a theme park's security system fails, unleashing prehistoric chaos.
What is: Jurassic Park
A famous meme of two identical superheroes pointing at each other originated from what animated series?
What is: Spiderman
This U.S. river famously had its direction reversed through engineering to protect the city's water supply.
What is: The Chicago River
Completed in 1885, this massive project linked the country from coast to coast and was key to British Columbia joining confederation.
What is: The Canadian Pacific Railway
Despite weighing several tons, this animal's anatomy prevents it from jumping at all.
What is: Elephant
Summoning this hook-handed spirit requires saying his name five times in the mirror.
What is: Candyman
This artist is know for hiding coded numbers, colours, and objects in their music videos, prompting fans to decode every from like a puzzle.
Who is: Taylor Swift
This tiny nation is completely surrounded by Italy and is home to the world's smallest army.
What is: Vatican City
Out of all the life boats launched off the Titanic, only this one returned back to search for people in the water.
What is: Lifeboat 14
The first edition of this massive reference work took more than a decade and half to complete and involved thousands of volunteer readers.
What is: The Oxford English Dictionary
This crime thriller's villain appears on screen early under a fake name in the credits to conceal the twist of his identity.
What is: Se7en
This cartoon frog began as a wholesome comic character before becoming one of the most remixed reaction images on the internet.
What is : Pepe the frog
This famous peak continues to rise slightly each year due to tectonic plate movement.
What is: Mount Everest
This monarch became queen as an infant, later ruling Scotland and briefly France before being imprisoned by her cousin.
Who is: Mary Queen of Scots
Despite having plenty of water and summer warmth, this island nation has zero native mosquito species.
Iceland
In this adventure classic, a crew member's shadow can be seen during a desert fight scene, but fans long debated whether it was intentional or a rare continuity slip.
What is: Raiders of the lost Ark
This McDonald's dipping sauce returned for a limited time after a cartoon character demanding it, causing massive lines and resales online.
What is: McDonald's Szechuan Sauce
Despite its name, this body of water is technically the world's largest lake, bordered by five different countries.
What is: The Caspian Sea
Who is: Louis XVI
This Polynesian language uses just five vowels and seven consonants, making it one of the smallest alphabets in the world.
What is: Hawaiian