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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NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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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