Random Earth Facts

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    The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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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    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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    If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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    The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.
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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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    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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    The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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