Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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