12 Interesting Facts about Earth..!

1. 100 tons of small meteorites enter the atmosphere every day.

2. There are really only 23 hours, 56 minutes, and four seconds in a day, not 24 hours. 

 
3. Antarctica has as much ice as the Atlantic Ocean has water.
 

 

4. A solid iron ball 1,500 miles wide sits at the center of the earth. The temperature there is about 9900 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. The continents move about 2 cm every year.

6. Only 14% of the earth species have been identified.
 
 

7. 99% of the earth’s gold lies in the core.
 
8. 97% of water on earth is salted.

9. There are 8.6 million lightning strikes per day.

10. Natural gas doesn't have an odour, strong smells are added to it by humans so it can be detected when there are leaks.


11. Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the speed of 10cm a year. 
This is because they are on different tectonic plates.

12. The volcanic rock known as pumice is the only rock that can float in water.