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Planning a summer trip to South America this year? Do not miss out on visiting the Amazon Rainforest. We bring to you 10 unknown and amazing facts about the Amazon Rainforest that will further excite you to visit this massively beautiful forest. 1) The Amazon Rainforests were formed more than 15 million years ago, when the great Andes mountain ranges began to rise upwards. The Amazonian area Is believed to have been an inland sea initially. Later this inland sea became a marshy, swampy land mass leading to inhabitation of early forms of marine species and plants. Gradually, it took form of the massive rainforest visible today.