It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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