Space Facts

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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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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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    All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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