Space Facts

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    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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    In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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