Facts About Earth That Will Make You More Intelligent

Interesting Facts About Earth

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

The largest meteorite of the earth, Hoba meteorite has left no crater on earth. The meteorite had flat sides so may have slipped through the atmosphere like stone over water.

Earth has one moon and two co-orbital satellites, that are asteroids called 3753 Cruithne and 2002 AA29.

8.6 million lightning strikes a day.

One liter of sea water has 13 billionths of a gram of gold.

Before trees were common, Earth was covered with giant mushrooms.

Earth is the only planet where water can be present in three states, solid, liquid and vapor.

Earth’s molten iron core creates the magnetic field.

40 million tons of nutrient rich soil is transferred by wind from Sahara to Amazon rain forest every year.

Earth is mostly iron, oxygen and silicon.

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