Each and every year, we make amazing discoveries that change the way we see ourselves and the world around us. As we continue to explore the boundaries of our knowledge and understanding, we turn up new tidbits of stunning trivia that blow our minds on a regular basis. From human-sized penguins to a new discovery about the "Lovers of Modena" skeletons, here are 19 interesting facts from 2019. 1 A lost continent was identified in the Mediterranean. Shutterstock "Forget Atlantis. Without realizing it, vast numbers of tourists spend their holiday each year on the lost continent of Greater Adria," researcher Douwe van Hinsbergen said in reference to a 2019 study published in the journal Gondwana Research . Located in the Mediterranean region, the piece of continental crust the size of Greenland was identified as a lost continent thanks to research coordinated by Utrecht University . 2 ...