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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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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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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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There are 5 to 10 times more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches, but a single grain of sand has more atoms than there are stars in the known Universe.
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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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