The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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 Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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