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Did you know…

Drive to Space

If you could drive your car straight up at 95km/h (60mph), you would arrive in space in just a little over one hour.

To get to the Moon would take a little longer though, since it’s 400,000km (250,000 miles) away – driving around the Earth ten times – just under six months. Your only real problem (apart from having no oxygen for your lungs and for burning the petrol) would be finding a petrol station – and a place that has a bathroom!

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Interesting Facts about the Earth

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Did you know that:

  • The Earth was formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago and is the only known planet to support life
  • The Earth was once believed to be the centre of the universe
  • Earth is the only planet not named after a god: the other seven planets in our solar system are all named after Roman gods or goddesses
  • 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water
  • A year on Earth isn’t 365 days -it’s actually 365.26 days. It’s this extra .26 days that creates the need for leap years
  • Only 3% water of the earth is fresh, rest 97% salted. Of that 3%, over 2% is frozen in ice sheets and glaciers?