The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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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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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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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.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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