Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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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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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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