Mind-Blowing Encyclopedia Facts about Earth and Universe

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Mind-Blowing Encyclopedia Facts about Earth and Universe

• The earth is not a perfect globe. Its circumference at the equator is 40,077km, whereas measured over the poles it is 68km less.

• Dinosaurs were wiped out by volcanoes that erupted in India about 65million years ago.

• About 10,000 earthquakes occur every year, of which only a few cause damages.

• The temperature in the Sahara rises to 45-degree celsius during the day,
  while in the night, it drops to just about 5-degree celsius.

• Over 2000 thunderstorms occur in the world every day.

• There are no seasons on the planet Venus. The reason is that Venu’s axis of rotation is almost vertical.

• The sun rises 16 times in 24 hours accordingly International Space Station (ISS). This means that the Space Station moves around the Earth 16 times during this period.

• Water is present on other Planets as Water Vapour or Ice, but not in its liquid form.

• The radius of Earth is 6378 km.

• The circumference of Earth is 40,077 km at the Equator and 40,009 km at the poles.

• Mass of Earth is around 6 trillion tonnes, i.e six followed by 21 zeroes.

• Planet Mars appears red in the sky. Thus, it is also called ‘RED PLANET’. The red colour comes from the iron or to be more precise rust containing rocks on its surface.

• The twinkling of stars is caused by the swirling air in the atmosphere.

• Many stars are 1000 times bigger than our Sun.

These facts are the facts of Encyclopaedia of edition 2014. Hope you enjoyed these Mind-Blowing Encyclopedia Facts about Earth and Universe.

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