Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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 earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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