The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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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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The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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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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Sound doesn't travel in space.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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