A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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