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A city the size of New York consumes 1 billion U.S. gallons of water per day; enough to fill 1,480 Olympic sized swimming pools.

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All the people in the world standing shoulder to shoulder would take up only 500 square miles (1300 square kilometers). That's just slightly bigger than the size of the city of Los Angeles.

Elephants can swim with their head completely under water and their trunk just above the water surface for breathing, similar to a snorkel.

Angel Falls, Venezuela is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. The water drops 3,212 ft (979 m).

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Water is the most dense at 4 degrees Celsius (39.2 Fahrenheit); one liter at this temperature weighs almost exactly one Kilogram.

Ice caps, glaciers and permanent snow store around 65% of all the fresh water on our planet.

The city of Hamburg, Germany has more bridges within it's city limits than any other city in the world; a total of about 2300. Amsterdam has about 1200 bridges and Venice about 400.

Rome, Italy is the city with the most fountains in the world, totaling more than 2000.

Rome, Italy is the city with the most fountains in the world, totaling more than 2000. The closest competitor is Kansas City, having 200 fountains.

All the gold that has been mined in the world adds up to about four Olympic sized swimming pools.

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