The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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