Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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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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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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