Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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