A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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