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Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth.
Almost nothing falls there — that ice is millions of years of slow accumulation.
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Why it sounds fake
What most people think
A desert is hot and sandy, and the Sahara is the biggest one.
What is actually true
A desert is defined by how little falls, and by that measure the frozen continent is the largest desert there is.
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