Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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