What is the most amazing/awesome fact about the Earth?

not amazing but a fact

London Bridge is located in America.

http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/havasu.htm

LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA—

In 1962, London Bridge was falling down. Built in 1831, the bridge couldn't handle the ever-increasing flow of traffic across the Thames River. The British government decided to put the bridge up for sale, and Robert McCulloch, Founder of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and Chairman of McCulloch Oil Corporation, submitted the winning bid of $2,460,000.

The bridge was dismantled, and each stone was numbered. Everything was shipped 10,000 miles to Long Beach, California, and then trucked to Lake Havasu City. Reconstruction began on September 23, 1968, with a ceremony including the Lord Mayor of London, who laid the cornerstone. On October 10, 1971, the bridge was dedicated.

London Bridge crosses a narrow boating channel that connects with Thompson Bay on the Arizona side of Lake Havasu. Prior to the arrival of London Bridge, the land upon which the bridge was placed was a peninsula. A large dredge was used to carve a one-mile channel, removing over two million cubic yards of rock and earth in the construction phase. Water was then diverted from the lake, under the bridge and then back into the lake through Thompson Bay.

megan edwards

There are more (not percentage, but absolute numbers) people in slavery now than at any previous time in history.

Precious Roy wrote:

The Earth has creatures like the American Golden Plover. This small bird flies over 25,000 miles from its breeding habitat in Norther Canada and Alaska to its winter home in Southern South America. 2,400 miles of the journey are flown straight, without rest over open water.

I see your American Golden Plover, and raise you a Bar-Tailed Godwit, which are known to migrate from Alaska to New Zealand non-stop over the Pacific Ocean, a distance of over 7,000 miles without rest! Birds are pretty cool.

That it's FLAT!!!!!

If you unraveled your intestines, they would stretch nearly half way around the world.

If you laid the fingers of all the children in America end to end, you'd go to prison for the rest of your life.

My Name is Judge wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

The Earth has creatures like the American Golden Plover. This small bird flies over 25,000 miles from its breeding habitat in Norther Canada and Alaska to its winter home in Southern South America. 2,400 miles of the journey are flown straight, without rest over open water.

I see your American Golden Plover, and raise you a Bar-Tailed Godwit, which are known to migrate from Alaska to New Zealand non-stop over the Pacific Ocean, a distance of over 7,000 miles without rest! Birds are pretty cool.

OK, I'll see your Bar-Tailed Godwit and raise you a Common Swift. These arial marvels are known to NEVER come to rest between when they first leave their nests as fledglings and when they nest themselves to start the new generation, a time period of 4 -5 years. During that time they may cover over 500,000 miles without rest!. This is enough distance to circle the globe 20 times before coming in for a landing!