Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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Scientists have confirmed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has a watery ocean.
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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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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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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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