Earth is a pretty interesting place when you think about it, and this article lists some interesting things you probably didn't know about our blue and green marble in the sky. It's one of those articles that makes science interesting (although, in my opinion, it's almost always interesting...).Here's a teaser: the ten things, sans explanation.
1. The Earth is smoother than a billiard ball.
2. The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
3. The Earth isn’t an oblate spheroid.
4. The Earth is not exactly aligned with its geoid.
5. Jumping into hole through the Earth is like orbiting it.
6. The Earth’s interior is hot due to impacts, shrinkage, sinkage, and radioactive decay.
7. The Earth has at least five natural moons. But not really.
8. The Earth is getting more massive.
9. Mt. Everest isn’t the biggest mountain.
10. Destroying the Earth is hard.
Want the explanations to these facts? Visit Discover to learn ten things you don’t know about the Earth. You learn something new every day, why not ten somethings?
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