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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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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From the nitrogen in our DNA, to the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, to the carbon in our apple pies - all were made in the interiors of collapsing stars; we're all made of stardust.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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