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| 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by boman2014(op): 9:21am On Nov 16, 2014 |
Below are 10 facts about Earth, some of which were mentioned on LiveScience, some of which I made up researched on my own. 1. At its equator, Earth rotates at a speed of 1,037.6 miles per hour. Yet no one at the equator has ever flown off! For this they can thank gravity. 2. As it orbits the Sun, Earth travels through space at a speed of 66,660 miles per hour. 3. Universe Today puts Earth's weight at 5.97 sextillion tons. But there's some debate about whether Earth is gaining or losing mass. 4. Earth is 4.55 billion years old (and 6,000 years old for the delusional). 5. Earth's distance from the Sun varies, but on average it is 92.96 million miles away. 6. Nearly 71% (70.8%, to be exact) of the Earth's surface is covered by water, of which 97% is salt water. (Ecology.com) 7. How many people have ever lived on Earth? No one knows for sure, of course, but the Population Reference Bureau took a stab at an answer and came up with 108 billion. Which means with a current world population of about 7 billion, about 6.5% of the people who have ever lived are alive today. 8. About 85% of the Earth's deserts are comprised not of sand, but rocks and gravel, according to Listverse. 9. There are 8.7 million species on Earth, according to estimates published in 2011. Of those, 6.5 million species are land-based, with 2.2 million living in water. 10. Earth has one permanent moon, but frequently hosts tiny, temporary moons , says the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii.
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| Re: 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by grinface98(m): 9:37am On Nov 16, 2014 |
Never knew about any of these....Thanks bro 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by beatsbyj2g(m): 9:48am On Nov 16, 2014 |
Nice one 1 Like |
| Re: 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by Ambrogio(m): 9:54am On Nov 16, 2014 |
I knew them |
| Re: 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by boman2014(op): 10:33am On Nov 16, 2014 |
grinface98:you are welcome. |
| Re: 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by Saintly01(m): 12:26am On Nov 17, 2014 |
The weight of the earth is something else. |
| Re: 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by Equado(m): 6:06pm On Nov 17, 2014 |
GLG1002 earth history I think |
| Re: 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by streetbutty(m): 8:29pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
Most i knew before now, thanks for the info by the way |
| Re: 10 Facts About Earth You Maybedidn't Know by arbitrage: 11:32am On Nov 22, 2014 |
6000 year old for the delusional and 4.55 billion for the irrational. But for the well-informed Christian, the Earth was created in the beginning without form, and void with darkness covering the face of the deep for the so called 4.55 billion years until about 6000 years ago when the designer gave it the life 'forms' you now see. So both views may be individually wrong but correct when combined. |
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