well, dirt does kill you in Australia. In multiple[0] ways[1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulldust [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkholderia_pseudomallei

Nintendo taught me that quicksand is located in deserts.

"Quicksand" is the harder sand just above the water line that is more solid and faster to walk/run on.... /s

Great, now the smartass in me thinks everywhere is quicksand because it's just a bunch of compacted sand¹ on top of the groundwater aquifer…

¹ yes I know soil is not sand