There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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