Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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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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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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