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 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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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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