If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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