According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits 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 North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year.
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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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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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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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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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