According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits 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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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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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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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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