It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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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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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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