Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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