The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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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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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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