There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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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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