The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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