The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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