The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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