The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.
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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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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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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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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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