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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Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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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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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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