If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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