Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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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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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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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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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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