The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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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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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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