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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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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