Random Earth Facts

    20 facts tagged with Earth Facts

    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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    Fairy Bridge
    Fairy Bridge
    The largest natural bridge on Earth, the 'Fairy Bridge', was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google Earth.
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    The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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    The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.
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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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    There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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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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