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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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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