The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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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The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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