It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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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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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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