Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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