The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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From the nitrogen in our DNA, to the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, to the carbon in our apple pies - all were made in the interiors of collapsing stars; we're all made of stardust.
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