Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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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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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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