Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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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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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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