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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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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