10 facts about planet Earth that will be an unexpected discovery

Our planet is fraught with many mysteries and paradoxes. This is not news and not a secret. Hundreds of thousands and millions of years were not enough for humanity to reveal at least half of them. In addition, making new discoveries, people are again and again convinced that they give rise to even more secrets and questions. We are not trying to find a way out of this vicious circle, but we definitely want to make your present day a little more interesting and useful. Therefore, we will share with you another portion of the amazing and the incredible.

Everest is not the highest mountain on the planet.

The Mauna Kea volcano has the highest altitude, but most of it is hidden under water.

States have upper bounds

They are called the Karman line and lie at an altitude of 100 km above sea level.

The driest place on Earth is in Antarctica

Here in the McMurdo valleys there was no rainfall for about 2 million years.

Fresh water on Earth no more than 3%

Seas and oceans - this is 97% of all water in the world, and it is unsuitable for consumption.

The oldest temple on Earth is about 12,000 years old

And it is located on the territory of modern Turkey.

The moon was once part of the Earth

This is the theory put forward by Swiss scientists.

After 250 million years, the continents will unite again

And will turn into a supercontinent called The Last Pangea.

One bacterium destroyed almost all life on Earth

University of Massachusetts blame a bacterium called methanosarcinol for everything. It caused the extinction of insects, which, in turn, led to the emergence of archosaurs.

Most of our planet is always immersed in darkness.

Since most of our planet is covered with water, and sunlight penetrates into it to a depth of 200 meters, then most of the Earth is really constantly in darkness.