Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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