The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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