There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
5
The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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