In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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