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 North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.
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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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