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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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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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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Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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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The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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