An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) - everywhere
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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