There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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