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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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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