The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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