Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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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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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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