1. Oceania is in a continental group consisting of 14 countries and includes Pacific islands and Australia.
2. The largest island of Oceania is Australia.
3. Oceania includes 14 countries: Australia, Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
4. Oceania spreads over a vast area from 28 degrees North in the northern hemisphere to 55 degrees South in the southern hemisphere.
5. Oceania's biggest and most populous city is Sydney. More than 5 million people live in Australia's biggest city.
6. Australia is the biggest and leading economy on the continent.
7. Highest mountain in Oceania: The highest mountain on land is Mount Cook in New Zealand. The mountain which is referred to also as Aoraki is 3,754 m/ 12,316 ft high.
8. The most important of fauna are: the jacaranda, hibiscus, pohutukawa, and kowhai.
9. Australian fauna includes a wide variety of unique animals: 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 90% of fish and insects, and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to the country.
10. The climate of the region is diverse. The highest temperatures in Oceania are reached in the Australian outback with extremes of 50 °C (123 °F) and the lowest temperatures are measured in New Zealand with −25 °C (−14 °F).
11. Many Pacific Ocean islands such as the Marshall Islands and Palau, Tuvalu and the Marquesas islands in French Polynesia were discovered by European explorers
12. Most people (73%) in Oceania describe themselves as Christians. Other religions practised are Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Jainism and Baha'i. Traditional tribes often also believe in spirits and natural forces.
13. Rugby is the most popular sport in the region.
14. Australian Indigenous rock art has the longest art tradition in the world.
15. Tourist Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park, Sydney Opera House, Uluru and the red centre or outback.
16. In Australia, the national sport is cricket
17. Aboriginal rock painting in Kakadu National Park/Australia
18. New Zealand for its glaciers and geysers
19. Zealand is the only other large economy on the continent.
20. There are six cities in Oceania with a population of more than 1 million inhabitants
1. Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.
2. Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles.
3. The coldest place on Earth is a high ridge in Antarctica where temperatures can dip below -133°F (-93.2°C).
4. Some parts of Antarctica have had no rain or snow for the last 2 million years.
5. There is a waterfall in Antarctica that runs red.
6. Antarctica has only one ATM.
7. 90% of the world’s fresh water is in Antarctica.
8. You cannot work in Antarctica unless you have had your wisdom teeth and appendix removed.
9. There are no polar bears in Antarctica (only in the Arctic), but there are lots penguins
10. Antarctica is the only continent without a time zone.
11. Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent on Earth. Matador's Newsletter
12. Ice melting in Antarctica has caused a small shift in gravity in the region.
13. Chile has a civilian town in Antarctica, complete with a school, hospital, hostel, post office, Internet, TV and mobile phone coverage.
14. The ice sheet of Antarctica has been in existence for at least 40 million years.
15. There are 300 lakes beneath Antarctica that are kept from freezing by the warmth of Earth’s core.
16. The highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica is 58.2°F (14.5°C).
17. Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth is in Antarctica. It spews crystals.
18. Antarctica was once as warm as modern-day California.
19. There are at least seven Christian churches in Antarctica.
20. A scientist in Antarctica got a date through Tinder with a girl camping just 45 21minutes away.
