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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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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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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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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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According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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