The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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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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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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