One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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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 Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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