EARTH FACTS THAT MIGHT AMAZE YOU
Added on: 26th May 2016
TECHNICALLY THERE ARE NOT 24 HOURS IN A
DAY. THE EARTH ONLY TAKES 23 HOURS,
56 MINUTES AND 4 SECONDS TO SPIN ON
ITS AXIS. THIS IS CALLED A SIDEREAL DAY
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, THE GREAT WALL
OF CHINA IS NOT VISIBLE FROM SPACE. THE AIR
POLLUTION IN CHINA IS THOUGH AND SO IS
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
THE FARTHEST PICTURE EVER TAKEN OF EARTH
WAS FROM 3.7 BILLION MILES AND HAS BEEN
CALLED THE PALE BLUE DOT
THE OZONE HOLE IS ACTUALLY SHRINKING
AND IN 2012 IT WAS SMALLER THAN IT HAD
EVER BEEN IN THE LAST DECADE
90% OF GARBAGE IN THE OCEAN IS PLASTIC
THE EARTH IS NOT A PERFECT SPHERE, DUE TO
THE FORCE OF ITS SPIN THE EARTH ACTUALLY
BULGES OUT AROUND THE EQUATOR
BECAUSE OF THIS ABNORMALITY CERTAIN REGIONS
EXPERIENCE MORE OR LESS GRAVITY THAN OTHERS.
ONE SUCH AREA IS HUDSON BAY OF CANADA.
THE DIFFERENCE IS VERY SMALL THOUGH, ONLY 0.005%
WE KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR UNIVERSE THAN WE
DO ABOUT OUR OCEANS OR OUR EARTH'S CORE.
IN FACT, 95% OF THE WORLD'S OCEANIC
TERRITORY HAS STILL NOT BEEN EXPLORED
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