Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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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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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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