The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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