It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
13
There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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