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Earth Trivia
January 18, 2012
How much do you know about the planet you live on?
Earth is mostly iron, oxygen and silicon
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Our planet is 32.1 % iron, 30.1% oxygen, 15.1% silicon, and 13.9% magnesium. Most of this iron is located at the core of the Earth, which is roughly 88% iron.
70% of Earth’s surface is covered in water
The planet Earth doesn’t actually take 24 hours to rotate on its axis.
( It’s roughly 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds. )
One year on Earth is NOT 365 days
A year on earth is really 365.2564 days. This extra .2564 days is why there was the creation of “leap year,” the addition of one day, every 4 years, in the month of February.
The Earth has one moon and two additional asteroids locked into co-orbital orbits
These two asteroids are called 3753 Cruithne and 2002 AA29. 3753 Cruithne is 5 km across, and referred to as Earth’s second moon. It doesn’t actually orbit the Earth, but has a synchronized orbit with our home planet.
Only 3% of Earth’s water is fresh, while the other 97% is salted
Of that 3%, over 2% is frozen in ice sheets and glaciers. Means less than 1% fresh water is found in lakes, rivers and underground.
The world’s deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557
It was located in central China, more than 830,000 people were killed.
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the worlds highest waterfall
The water of Falls drops 3,212 feet (979 meters).
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| …whoops, wrong Vulcan…. |
The origin of the word “volcano” is derives from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
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| there we go, there’s that Roman god of fire |
The Peshtigo fire was the worst recorded forest fire in North American history.
On the evening of October 8, 1871, it raged through Northeastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, destroying millions of dollars worth of property and timberland, and taking between 1,200 and 2,400 lives. It is said to have been so hot, that it turned sand into glass.
There now you know 10 more facts about the planet your reside on. May you continue to learn more, in order to preserve the natural beauty all around us and become part of the solution.
The Resolutions
January 9, 2012
So the New Year has come and gone, and so have the in-laws…. and if they haven’t you can just call one of our cabs and we will whisk them away for you.
This new year marks the time of rebirth, revitalizations, and…. resolutions.
This year Clean Air Cab’s goal isn’t to lose weight, in fact, we wouldn’t mind a little growth.
We want to become a larger part of the community.
We want to provide more jobs.
We want to plant more trees.
We want to give better service.
Heralding in the New Year
January 1, 2012
Another year has come and gone, and in commemoration of that we present this poem by Joanna Fuchs,
As a new year starts and an old one ends,
We contemplate what brought us joy,
And we think of our loved ones and our friends.
Remembering how they enriched our lives,
We reflect upon who really counts,
As the fresh and bright new year arrives.
we immediately think of you.
We would like to thank you for being part of the solution, and for all the support you have shown our little local company.
We thank you for helping the children at the Phoenix Children’s hospital,
those fighting Breast cancer,
your local community through Mesa United Way,
the sick children at Make-a-Wish foundation,
and the college students at Arizona State University.
We are grateful you helped us help the environment, and that we were able to plant large quantities of trees~ so we can not only make a difference today, but also tomorrow.