According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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