Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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