Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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 moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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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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