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oceanservice.noaa.gov
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TIL the highest point above Earth’s center is not Everest. It’s Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador. This is because the earth is not a perfect sphere, but rather oblong shaped. The earth is fatter in the middle from centrifugal forces during its constant rotation.
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TIL the Earth’s tallest waterfall is actually underwater in the ocean
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TIL that about half of Earth's oxygen comes from the ocean. It is mainly produced by marine plankton that include algae, bacteria and other organisms that can photosynthesize.