In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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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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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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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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