Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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