There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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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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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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