Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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