The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.
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According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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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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