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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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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