From the nitrogen in our DNA, to the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, to the carbon in our apple pies - all were made in the interiors of collapsing stars; we're all made of stardust.
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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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NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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