The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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