There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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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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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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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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