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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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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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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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