The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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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 space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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