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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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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More than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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