All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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