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Ocean

The ocean is deeper than Everest is tall 

Challenger Deep plunges about 10,935 metres. Drop Everest into it and more than two kilometres of water would still cover the summit.

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Space

The Moon drifts 3.8 cm away every year

Tidal friction slowly pushes the Moon outward and lengthens our days. In the age of dinosaurs a day lasted about 23 hours.

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Space

Sunlight takes eight minutes to reach Earth

The sunlight warming your face left the Sun about eight minutes and twenty seconds earlier.

#space#sun#earth