If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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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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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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According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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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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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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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