The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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