stackyFACTSEarth is surprisingly hostile to hydration. When you account for both scorching sandy wastelands and the freezing barren expanses of the polar extremes, about one-third of the terrestrial surface is completely arid. We basically live on a watery oasis surrounded by massive zones of desolation.
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