If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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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Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is about equal to the total biomass of all the people.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.
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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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