The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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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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