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.
14
Pluto is smaller than Russia.
9
One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
277
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.
31
Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
46
It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
569
The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
4