Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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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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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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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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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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