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    If the Antarctic glaciers were to melt completely, sea levels could rise by 190 feet. (Fox News)

  • It takes about 1,800 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef - the equivalent of 10 bathtubs to make one quarter-pound hamburger - and that includes water used for drinking, feed and processing.

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    It takes about 10 bathtubs’ worth of water to make a quarter-pound burger. (Fox News)

  • Mount Everest grows at about 0.16 inches (4 millimeters) per year due to tectonic activity. Over a human lifetime, this growth is quite significant: about 10 inches (25 centimeters) every 60 years.

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    Mount Everest could grow as much as 10 inches in a human lifetime. (Fox News)

  • There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way: Estimates vary, but it's commonly estimated that there are around 3 trillion trees on Earth and around 100 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

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    There are more trees than there are stars in the Milky Way. (Fox News)

  • To produce one pound of honey, a swarm of bees must fly approximately 55,000 miles and visit approximately 2 million flowers.

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    A honeybee must visit 2 million flowers to produce one pound of honey. (Fox News)

  • The Great Wall is over 13,000 miles (21,000 kilometers) long and, if lined end to end, would stretch more than halfway around the Earth.

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    The length of the Great Wall is more than half the circumference of the Earth. (Fox News)

  • The world's population reached 1 billion in 1804. It took 123 years (1927) to reach 2 billion, and just 12 years to reach 7 to 8 billion (2022).

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    It took more than a century for the human population to grow from 1 billion to 2 billion, but only a little over a decade to grow from 7 billion to 8 billion. (Fox News)

  • Thermal expansion causes the Eiffel Tower's height to change by up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) depending on the temperature: in hot weather the steel structure expands and in cold weather it contracts.

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    The Eiffel Tower can grow an additional six inches depending on the temperature. (Fox News)

  • A Venusian day is longer than a Venusian year: Venus rotates very slowly, taking about 243 Earth days to complete one revolution. However, it takes about 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun, making a day (rotation) longer than a year (revolution).

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    On Venus, a day lasts surprisingly longer than a year. (Fox News)

  • Every day, the world creates approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes of data - the equivalent of 250,000 US Libraries of Congress.

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    Every day, the equivalent of 250,000 Library of Congress volumes is generated. (Fox News)

  • If all the blood vessels in the human body were lined up end to end, they would be approximately 60,000 miles long - enough to circle the Earth more than twice.

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    The total length of the human blood vessels is enough to circle the Earth at least twice. (Fox News)

  • Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute, and if you live to be 80 years old, you'll spend about five years of your life closing your eyes to blink.

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    You will spend five years of your life closing your eyes just to blink. (Fox News)