Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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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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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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