Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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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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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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