There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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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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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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