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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If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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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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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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