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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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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