There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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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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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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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