According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits 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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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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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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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