EARTH FACTS THAT MIGHT ASTONISH YOU
Added on: 18th Feb 2016
OF THE MINUTE FRACTION OF FRESH WATER THAT
IS ACTUALLY FOUND IN LAKES AND RIVERS, NEARLY
1/5 IS ALL PACKED INTO ONE PLACE – LAKE
BAIKAL IN RUSSIA.
THERE ARE 8.6 MILLION LIGHTNING STRIKES EVERYDAY.
FROM A DISTANCE, EARTH WOULD BE THE BRIGHTEST
PLANET. THIS IS BECAUSE SUNLIGHT IS REFLECTED
OFF THE PLANET'S WATER.
AT 19 KM (12 MILES) HIGH WE ENCOUNTER SOMETHING
KNOWN AS THE ARMSTRONG LIMIT. THIS IS WHERE
IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO WEAR A SPACESUIT
BECAUSE DUE TO THE LOW PRESSURE, WATER
BOILS AT BODY TEMPERATURE.
A SAD EARTH FACT: THERE ARE 38,000 MANMADE
OBJECTS ORBITING THE EARTH.
22,000 OF THEM ARE LARGER THAN 10 METRES.
EVERY DAY AT LEAST ONE OF THEM COMES
CRASHING BACK TO EARTH.
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