The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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