The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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