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Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth

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When we wake up, eat breakfast, get ready for school or work, and head out the door, we may not be thinking about how unique our small, wet rock of a planet is. But the Earth is unique, and we’re always happy to happen upon videos that remind us of that. Learn some basics about it from this information-filled animation by Kurzgesagt.

Related reading: The Overview Effect. In the archives: more videos by Kurzgesagt and a few Earth-related vids: departing Earth, Earth as seen from ISS expeditions 28 and 29, and Pale Blue Dot, animated.

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