soil, n.Trivia

Chicago was raised by over a foot during the 1850s and ’60s without disrupting daily life.

Mars' soil is rust colored because it's full of rust

The fruit and veg we eat is slowly becoming less and less nutritious due to soil depletion.

Earthworms are useful in that their secreted 'slime' contains nitrogen and also holds clusters of soil particles together in formations called aggregates

The tunneling of earthworms deeply in the soil brings subsoil closer to the surface, thereby mixing it with the topsoil

Sand is used in the farming of watermelons and peanuts to make soil porous

soil is full of living organisms --- a teaspoon of soil contains more living organisms than there are humans in the world.