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 20 Interesting Facts About Earth

Humans have always lived on the Earth. In that time, they’ve discovered plenty of its wonders and secrets, though many more still wait to be revealed. From what’s already been discovered, here are essential Earth Facts to help you understand our planet better.

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Facts-

1.    Earth has a radius of 6,371 km.

2.    Earth is the third planet from the Sun.

3.    The distance between Earth and the Sun extends 149.6 million km.

4.    Earth weighs about 5.972 × 10^24 kg.

5.    Earth’s surface has an area of 510.1 million km².

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6.    Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old.

7.    Earth’s first-known supercontinent, Rodinia, lasted from 1.1 billion to 750 million years ago.

8.    The current Phanerozoic Eon began 541 million years ago.

9.    History’s first mass extinction, the Ordovician-Silurian, took place between 450 and 440 million years ago.

10. The supercontinent Pangaea formed approximately 335 million years ago.

11. Dinosaurs ruled the Earth from 251.9 to 66 million years ago.

12. The modern Ice Ages first began 40 million years ago.

13. The Ice Ages increased in occurrence starting 2.6 million years ago.

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14. Earth’s continents reached their modern positions in the Pleistocene Epoch.

15. Modern Humans also evolved in the Pleistocene Epoch.

16. The Old Faithful Geyser is likely to stop erupting in the next 1000 years.

17. Current trends predict the next Ice Age in about 100,000 years.

18. Scientists predict a new supercontinent, Pangaea Ultima, to form in the next 300 million years.

19. Volcanic activity increases when all continents merge into a supercontinent.

20. There is a less than 1% chance of Earth colliding with another planet in the Solar System.

 

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