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| Earth has an average surface temperature of 13 degrees C (55.4 degrees F). The planet would be much colder without greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide and water vapor, to trap outgoing thermal radiation. The greenhouse effect raises the planet's temperature 35 degrees C (95 degrees F). |
| The surface features on Earth are extremely varied with vast oceans, tall mountains, rolling plains, canyons, swamps, and deserts. The tallest mountain on our planet, Mount Everest in the Himalayas, stands at an altitude of 8,872 m (29,108 ft). Located in Africa, the Sahara, the largest desert on Earth, spans over 500,000 sq km (2,123,000 sq miles) of land. The Grand Canyon, a canyon of multi covered rock terraces cut by the Colorado River, stretches over 350 km (217 miles) of land. |
| The Earth's atmosphere is composed mainly of nitrogen (77%), oxygen (21%), argon (.93%), and carbon dioxide (0.03%). |
| Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol. |
| The world’s deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557 in central China, more than 830,000 people were killed. |
| The total surface area of the Earth is 197 million square miles. |
| Plastics take 500 years to break down. |
| The most destructive disease is malaria. More than 1.5 million people die from malaria every year. |
| A mile on the ocean and a mile on land are not the same distance. On the ocean, a nautical mile measures 6,080 feet. A land or statute mile is 5,280 feet. |
| There are three sets of letters on the standard typewriter and computer keyboards which are in alphabetical order, reading left to right. They are f-g-h, j-k-l, and o-p. |
| The largest nest was built by a pair of Bald Eagles Haliaeetus leucocephalus was 2.9 m wide and 6 m deep. |
| If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. |
| Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York. |
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