If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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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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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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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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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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