41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
4
The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
147
An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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