Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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