The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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