The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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 earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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