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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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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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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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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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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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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