The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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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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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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