The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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