Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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