The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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