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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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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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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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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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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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