One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
13
There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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