The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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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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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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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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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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