The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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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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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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