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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Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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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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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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