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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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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