Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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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 center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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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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On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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