10 of the craziest facts about our planet Earth.
10 of the craziest facts about our planet Earth.  1) Earth’s rotation is slowing . You’d never notice it in your normal life, but the Earth’s rotation is slowing over time. It slows and speeds up in cycles of just a few milliseconds. You won’t feel it, but geologists predict that the cycle will result in an uptick of damaging earthquakes in 2018. 2) Desert makes up one-third of Earth’s land area . About 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, leaving only 29 percent for land. And of that 29 percent, about one third is covered by desert, or about 10 percent of the Earth’s total surface. That may seem like a lot, but “desert” just means a place that doesn’t get precipitation. The entire continent of Antarctica is a desert, because it’s too cold for snow to fall there. 3) Earth’s core is as hot as the Sun. Preliminary estimates of the Earth’s core temperature had it around 5 thousand degrees Celsius. But more advanced techniques, which involve subjectin...