The presence of free oxygen is quite remarkable from a chemical point of view. The oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is produced and maintained by biological processes. Without life there would be no free oxygen. The interaction of the Earth and the Moon slows the Earth's rotation by about 2 milliseconds per century. Current research indicates that about 900 million years ago there were 481 18-hour days in a year.
Earth has a modest magnetic field produced by electric currents in the outer core.