Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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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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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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