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Incredible Facts About the World

Pretty cool facts about life on our planet

By Marty Mcfly

Published 12 years ago

Pretty cool facts about life on our planet

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The average age of a pilliow is 6 years

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99 of the Earth's gold is in its core

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The technology in one Gameboy exceeds all the computing power used to put man on the moon

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That's the equivalent of 30 hydrogen bombs

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An average adult contains 7 quintillion joules of potential energy

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The largest living thing is a fungus in Oregon that covers 10 sq km

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The longest animal is a marine worm that can grow to 55 meters

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The mouth of a blue whale can hold its own body weight in water

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Due to gravity the theoretical maximum height of a tree is 130 meters

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The star nosed mole is the fastest eater in the world

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The naked mole rat is immune to cancer and can live with almost no oxygen

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In all of history man has only pulled out two olympic sized swimming pools of gold from the Earth

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After those 6 years 10 of the pillow's weight consists of dead skin, mites, and mite dung

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In an average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator

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One piece of space junk returns to Earth every day

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Dolphins can call each other by name

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Starfish are not fish and killer whales are not whales

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In one square meter of dirt there can be up to 200 worms

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The jaw is the most commonly used joint in the human body

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In one day 2 cows could fill your bathtub with poop

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Cows produce nearly 140 liters of dung daily

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Humans have 100,000 hairs on their heads while Otters have 160,000 per sq cm

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Astatine is the rarest element on Earth with less than 1 gram existing in the crust.

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Your skin renews itself conmpletely every 28 days

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Frogs can't swallow without blinking because their eyeballs help push food into their stomachs

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