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Forget fancy phones and gizmos scientists are now
hailing the humble paper clip to plastic holders for beer cans as the
design classics that we cannot live without. They’re the inventions that
don’t get much limelight, but make a huge difference to our everyday
lives.
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About 400 billion gallons water is used worldwide each day.
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The moon is one million times drier than the Gobi Desert.
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Earth travels through space at 66,700 miles per hour.
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Asia Continent is covered 30% of the total earth land area, but
represent 60% of the world's population.
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The world's deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557 in central
China, more than 830,000 people were killed.
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The Persian Gulf is the warmest sea. In the summer its temperature
reaches 35.6 degrees centigrade.
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Sunlight can penetrate clean ocean water to a depth of 240 feet.
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The total surface area of the Earth is 197 million square miles.
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Only 3% water of the earth is fresh, rest 97% salted. Of that 3%, over
2% is frozen in ice sheets and glaciers. Means less than 1% fresh water
is found in lakes, rivers and underground.
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About 540 volcanoes on land are known. No one knows how many undersea
volcanoes have erupted through history.
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A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more
water than the river above. |