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.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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