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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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