It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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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 population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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