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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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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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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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 car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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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.
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