It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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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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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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