Fifty unbelievable facts about earth

[arknor]

thought this deserved it's own thread since it's pretty epic. (rather than posting it in the image thread where the majority of the forum likely do not enter)

 

[Kaeo]

Half of them have nothing to do with the Earth itself.

 

[Lysander]

Half of them have nothing to do with the Earth itself.

Are you really going to be that picky? Earth is a planet; encompassing its science, mass, structure, atmosphere, history and culture. Go to bed.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Produced by Childcare & Early Learning.

First source - Daily Mail.

 

[arknor]

the door to hell is true.

I don't know about the oldest fossils.

just because the source is the DM for one tiny fraction does not mean they did not verify it elsewhere

 

[arknor]

Produced by Childcare & Early Learning.

First source - Daily Mail.

I checked the fossils bit
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteriafr.html

Berkeley website backs it up

OOPS meant to edit my post instead of replying again :|

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

I knew about the day not being exactly 24 hours, but not most of the others. Some interesting stuff on there, thanks Arknor

 

[G-MAN2004]

14%: The percentage of the world's species that have been identified.

Wow.

 

[Lysander]

<P>;

Wow.

Aliens. &lt;/P&gt;</P>

 

[Angilion]

I wouldn't like to bet on surviving 2 minutes unprotected in space. Maybe possible if someone rescues you (you'll have 15 seconds or less before oxygen deprivation renders you unconscious, so you're not going to be rescuing yourself).

Also...how can anyone know that 14% of the world's species have been identified? That would only be possible if every species had been discovered and 86% of them are unidentified, which doesn't make any sense.

The Hoba meteorite was interesting. I've been looking at photos of it. There really isn't a crater. I would have expected a 60 tonne meteorite to have a fairly catastrophic impact. Obviously, it was placed by aliens using tractor beams

 

[Efour]

I believe most of that

 

[tomparker95]

Thats pretty cool

 

[utajoker]

i stayed at furnace creak ranch last month on my honeymoon

it hit 117F while we where there.

 

[yhack]

I've been to Space. Can confirm I only lasted 2 minutes.

 

[MooMoo444]

Wow.

But if they are yet to be identified, how do they know how many are unidentified?

 

[Cosimo]

That's good.

 

[FeFiDoh]

I've been to Space. Can confirm I only lasted 2 minutes.

Your wife confirms the same on earth also.

 

[yhack]

Your wife confirms the same on earth also.

My right hand usually doesn't complain.

 

[SlyReaper]

Not sure I believe that bit about the ISS being the most expensive object ever made. There are some big national infrastructure projects beat that if you adjust for inflation. In the US, there's the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System which clocks in at $425 billion.

 

[413x]

good read!

My favourite tardigrade! can even tolerate temperatures of near absolute zero!
the ISS is expensive
antartica better not melt

a few were shocking
a lot i believed some i knew

another fact, theres always at least one party pooper in a thread!

Half of them have nothing to do with the Earth itself.