The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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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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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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