Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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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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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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