The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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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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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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