The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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