It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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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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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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