1 . The speed of the light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m/s (equal to 186,287.49 miles / second).2 . It will take 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth.
3 . 10 % of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
4 . The Earth spins at a rate of 1,000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67,000 mph.
5 . Every year, over one million earthquakes are shaking the Earth.
6 . When Krakatoa erupted in 1883, it's force was so great that it could be heard 4,800 kilometers away in Australia.
7 .Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike our Earth.
8 . Every year lightning kills at least 1000 people.
9 .In October 1999, an Iceberg with the size of London broke free from the Antarctic ice shelf .
10 .If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive into the space in just over an hour.
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