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    The Mystery of the Black Knight Satellite
    There's a mysterious satellite of unknown origin that's orbiting Earth. Dubbed the Black Knight Satellite, astronomers have been reporting strange radio signals allegedly coming from the satellite since the 1930s - before NASA or the Soviet Union put satellites into space.
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    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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