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

About 100 billion people have already died;

about 7 billion live.

With the exception of a few things we've launched into outer space, everything that was ever on the Earth is still somewhere on the Earth.

Every animal/plant/bacteria/person/etc that ever lived is still here somewhere (perhaps broken down into its constituent atoms).

Every object you ever owned is somewhere out there, just difficult to find. Every object ever created is somewhere, if you knew where to look...

Of all the planets, Earth has the greatest leg speed velocity.

over 90 percent of the earth's biomass is underground in the form of bacteria

Mover wrote:

4 miles beneath the Earth's surface, there's an eco system full of life. There are plants, bugs, and small reptiles that survive from the minerals which have risen from the core of the Earth. Water molecules reach that low from rifts. These creatures will never see daylight.

1 billion years ago, the gravitation pull of the earth was stronger. I would've weighed 186 pounds instead of the 150 I do now.

The earth was really close to being ruled by birdlike intelligent creatures (as oppose to us). Fossils show birds were actually ahead of intelligent development, until a single event, the bird's most advanced species, setting them back millions of years and allowing for our own evolution to be in the forefront.

Earth has created a species that can pull BS out of nowhere.

hfkhsdkjfhs wrote:

With the exception of a few things we've launched into outer space, everything that was ever on the Earth is still somewhere on the Earth.

We're losing hydrogen and helium because they float into outer space but we're gaining star dust.

Both George Clooney and George Bush live here. So different, yet both so hot.

Don't worry. I'm a chick.

Mover wrote:

4 miles beneath the Earth's surface, there's an eco system full of life. There are plants, bugs, and small reptiles that survive from the minerals which have risen from the core of the Earth. Water molecules reach that low from rifts. These creatures will never see daylight.

1 billion years ago, the gravitation pull of the earth was stronger. I would've weighed 186 pounds instead of the 150 I do now.

The earth was really close to being ruled by birdlike intelligent creatures (as oppose to us). Fossils show birds were actually ahead of intelligent development, until a single event, the bird's most advanced species, setting them back millions of years and allowing for our own evolution to be in the forefront.

All false

mileage man wrote:

My fact: the interior of the earth would be a lot colder if it weren't for nuclear reactions going on that help keep it warm.

False

Poptional wrote:

Don't worry. I'm a chick.

Ha, my comment wasn't directed at you. I just replied to you because your post was the last post. I was just stating my cool fact about the earth.

hfkhsdkjfhs wrote:

With the exception of a few things we've launched into outer space, everything that was ever on the Earth is still somewhere on the Earth.

Every animal/plant/bacteria/person/etc that ever lived is still here somewhere (perhaps broken down into its constituent atoms).

Every object you ever owned is somewhere out there, just difficult to find. Every object ever created is somewhere, if you knew where to look...

This ^ is false. Atoms and small molecules escape the earth all the time. In addition, large objects, even significant portions of the planet, have been ejected in large scale collisions in the past.

No Way wrote:

mileage man wrote:

My fact: the interior of the earth would be a lot colder if it weren't for nuclear reactions going on that help keep it warm.

False

No. In fact, this one was true.

someone has to say it wrote:

Of all the planets, Earth has the greatest leg speed velocity.

This one ^ is definitely true. And certainly the coolest fact yet posted.

One Who Knows Better wrote:

No Way wrote:

False

No. In fact, this one was true.

While technically radioactive decay could be considered a nuclear reaction, the two terms are generally not used interchangeably. What we generally think of when we think of a nuclear reaction is not currently happening inside of the earth.

Heat from the sun is a result of nuclear reactions, right? The earth would cool more slowly if it was not near the sun. So nuclear reactions are helping to keep the core of the earth warm.

the sun is helping wrote:

Heat from the sun is a result of nuclear reactions, right? The earth would cool more slowly if it was not near the sun. So nuclear reactions are helping to keep the core of the earth warm.

You mean cool more quickly, and I suppose you're right. I don't think it is helping very much since the surface of the earth is an average of around 59 deg F, but yeah, you're right. It could be a couple hundred degrees below 0 instead.

I think the person I was replying to was implying that nuclear reactions were occurring inside of the earth though. If I was wrong then I'm sorry for jumping on him over it.

The Earth (note capitalization of a planet's name--the thread title got it right) is the densest planet in our solar system.

ur wrote:

The Earth (note capitalization of a planet's name--the thread title got it right) is the densest planet in our solar system.

No, when referring to our planet as a proper noun there should be no "the".

Earth is the third planet from the sun.

We are standing on the earth.

We live on the planet Earth.