Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
158
Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
16
Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
17
The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
151
There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
721
Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
12
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.
5
A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
2