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10 Weird Facts About Planet Earth
10.
The Name Comes from the Anglo Saxons Every other planet in our solar system is
named after a Greek or Roman God.
Like Mars would derive from the Roman God of War and Pluto the ruler of the underworld
to name a few examples.
All planets except our planet.
The word Earth comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Erda, which means “ground” or “soil”
and is thought to be 1,000 years old.
9.
The Antarctic, Researchers have confirmed that the Antarctica
contains most of the earth’s fresh water as it hold about 70% of it and around 90%
of that is frozen.
Earth had a twin planet
8.
Earth is the only planet with Plate Tectonics Scientists believe the Earth is made up of
7 major plates of “crust,” which move in different directions up to 4 inches each
year.
When they crash into each other, it is said that mountains are created.
As they are created, they pull apart creating valleys.
On the downside however, This also causes earthquakes and volcanos to erupt.
7.
Earth Twin Planet Scientists and researchers now believe that
at one point in time, weren’t alone when orbiting the Sun.
It is reported that we had a “twin” planet we call Theia, which was the size of Mars
and was 60 degrees either in front or behind our planet.
About 4.5 billion years ago, Theia crashed into the Earth; most of the planet was absorbed,
but a larger portions were blown off and merged with material from our planet to create the
Moon.
6.
There’s NOT 24 hours in a day You’ve probably said to yourself one time
or another that there’s not enough hours in the day.
Well you’re right because there isn’t even 24 hours in a day . That's right, the
actual time it takes the planet to rotate on its axis is 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds.
I’d be annoyed too if i lost out on 4 minutes of sleep!
5.
The Moon’s Almost Perfect Orbit So besides the fact that it’s NOT made of
cheese (I know, Shocking) there are some things we don't know.
One thing being that the lunar center is 6,000 feet closer to the Earth, which should cause
its orbit to be more wobbly/erratic, however it is almost perfectly circular.
It's quite a coincidence that the Sun happens to be both 400 times bigger than the Moon
and also 400 times farther away from Earth, making them appear the same size in the sky.
Soon enough, people are going to start making conspiracy theories out of this!
4.
Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Recorded While the coldest place on Earth is Antarctica
with its temperature coming in at a staggering -100 Degrees Fahrenheit, the coldest spot
was recorded in July of 1983 was at Vostok Station in Antarctica, where sensors recorded
–128.6 degrees F. And for comparison, The hottest spot was recorded in September of
1922 in Libya, With the temperature being recorded at a blistering 136 degrees fahrenheit.
3.
The Earth is Not Round Don’t worry, this isn’t another “The
Earth is flat argument”.
No the Earth is without a doubt a sphere, but due to its gravitational forces it is
not a perfect circle.
In fact, there is a bulge around the equator because of this.
The Earth's Polar radius is 3,949.99 miles, while its Equatorial radius is 3,963.34 miles.
2.
90% of the ocean is unexplored So it has been stated that we have only scratched
the tip of the surface when it comes to knowing more about our own planet.
“How so” you might ask?
Well we have barely swept the vast depths of our own oceans.
In fact, less than 10% of the deep blue seas have been explored.
The ocean contains 97% of our water and 99% of the living area.
While we have identified over 200,000 marine species, there are possibly 25 million more
that we have NOT discovered.
Maybe the film sharktopus is based on a real species!
1.
Highest Point in the World Due to contrary belief, A lot of people thing
that Mount Everest is the tallest point in the entire world.
Well it is the tallest mountain as it comes in at 29,035 ft. above sea level.
However, considering we now know that the Earth is not round as we have previously stated,
anything that goes across the equator is likely to be higher.
This makes Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador a higher point in the world than mount Everest, even
though it’s height is 20,564 ft. above sea level.
The reason it’s classed as a higher point in the world is because it’s placement is
on one of the earth’s bumps giving it a height advantage of 1.5 miles.
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