Space Facts

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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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    The Mystery of the Black Knight Satellite
    There's a mysterious satellite of unknown origin that's orbiting Earth. Dubbed the Black Knight Satellite, astronomers have been reporting strange radio signals allegedly coming from the satellite since the 1930s - before NASA or the Soviet Union put satellites into space.
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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