10 incredible facts about our planet and its population that seem ridiculous

Our planets and the life of mankind are filled with the most amazing and impressive events. We bring to your attention 10 amazing facts about the world, some places and people who are so unusual that at first glance it seems nonsense.

Only in 2005, London reached the pre-war level of population recorded in 1939. It is worth noting that neither Paris nor Berlin has yet reached a pre-war level.

Greater Tokyo has more people than Canada.

Over the past 40 years, the Earth has lost half of its wildlife.

There are about 30 times more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way.

90 years of human life is less than 5,000 weeks.

43% of British pilots admitted that they fell asleep at least once during a flight.

The ratio of popes per 1 km² in the Vatican is 2.3.

About 8% of men from Asia are direct descendants of Genghis Khan.

There are more libraries in the US than McDonald's restaurants.

Once the Earth was purple. According to studies by geneticists from the University of Maryland, ancient microbes did not use chlorophyll to absorb the sun's rays, but another retinal molecule. Thus, they absorbed green, and reflected red and purple, when combined, purple is obtained. There is speculation that the color balance may shift again in the future. The earth will turn purple, and due to changes in the atmosphere from space, it will appear green.

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