The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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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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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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