Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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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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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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