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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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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