10 Interesting Facts

Earth is a very interesting planet that we’re living on. Even though around 70% of it has water, the planet’s life form which is most advanced can be found on land.

Below are 10 interesting facts about Earthwhich show you just how interesting our planet really is.

1. Scientific dating estimates the Earth to be around 4.54 billion years old with a 1% margin of error.
2. Oxygen forms approximately 47% of the crust of the Earth.
3. Earth has poles at the bottom and the top of the planet called the north and south poles which makes it a huge magnet.
4. An Earth day is not 24 hours long. It’s actually 23h, 56m, 4s which is the time that the planet needs to rotate on its own axis.
5. This is the only planet from the solar system which has water in all the matter states: gas (as clouds), liquid (rain, sea, etc) and solid (ice).
6. Scientists say that an Earth day had around 20 hours a few million years ago and that a million years from now it will have 27 hours.
7. The coldest place on Earth is Vostok (in Antarctica) and the hottest area is El Azizia (in Libya). That’s interesting!
8. Did you know that on July 21st 1983, the coldest temperature ever on the planet earth was recorded at a frightening 128.6 degrees fahrenheit below zero (-89.2  ºC) in Antarctica by Soviet scientist at the Vostok expedition station? Thats one cool fact!
9. The Earth’s year has 365.2564 days. Thanks to this extra .2564, every four years, the leap year appears, which has an extra day.
10. The oldest tree from Earth is estimated to be about 4600 years old and it’s a bristlecone pine from California. That’s an amazing fact!

Above you can see 10 interesting facts about planet Earth, which show you just how special our planet is and how much is worth protecting it.