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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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