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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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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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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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