10 Wonderful Facts About Earth You've Never Heard Before

SUMMARY

- If measured from the base to the summit, Mauna Kea is 33,475 feet high, which is 4,445 feet taller than Mount Everest.

- Despite the fact that American Samoa is only 1,240

miles away from the Line Islands that form part

of Kiribati, the time difference between the two

neighbors is 25 hours.

-The McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica have seen no rain for nearly 2 million years. The winds here can reach speeds of 200 miles per hour.

- The oceans and seas hold 97% of Earth's water, but it's salty ocean water, not suitable for drinking.

- Researchers believe that the carvings on the pillars prove that roughly 11,000 years ago a comet strike caused a sudden temperature drop on our planet.

- Swedish scientists suggest that some 4.36 billion years ago planet Earth collided with hypothesized planetary-mass object Theia, leading to the formation of Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

- Scientists believe the continents will group together again in 250 to 300 million years from now and will become a single supercontinent called Pangaea Ultima.