It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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