One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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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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