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There is a desert in Antarctica that has not seen rain for nearly two million years.

Why it is true

The McMurdo Dry Valleys are the driest place on Earth. Katabatic winds evaporate any moisture and the mountains block the ice, creating an arid environment where not even snow has fallen for millennia.

Source: NASA

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