The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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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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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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