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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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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